Patients with emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) are usually treated with antibiotic therapy, emergency nephrectomy and/or open surgical drainage; however, these conventional treatments have a ...

Cystitis, ascending infections leading to pyelonephritis, emphysematous complications and renal and perinephric abscesses are well recognised in this group of patients especially if glycaemic ...

emphysematous pyelonephritis, emphysematous cholecystitis and malignant otitis, as well as perioperative infections. The vicious cycle is that the infections can worsen the glycemic control of the ...