Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
Pivot Concepts:   Target Concepts:
Query: UMLS:C0034186 (pyelonephritis)
 6,144 document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)

Emphysematous cystitis is a rare but interesting disease. A case is reported of cystitis emphysema with acute pyelonephritis and uncontrolled diabetes. The patient was a 54-year-old woman complaining of gross hematuria and fever. A submucosa emphysema in bladder was found by cystoscopy . Radiography showed the gas around the bladder. The patient was administered antibiotics, then symptoms was improved. We reviewed 12 cases of emphysematous cystitis reported in Japan and summarized the pathophysiologic features of this entity.
 ...
PMID:[A case of emphysematous cystitis]. 223 99

Emphysematous cystitis (EC) and emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) are the result of infection of the urinary bladder and kidneys by gas-producing microorganisms. Those infections are most often reported in diabetic patients and rarely occur concurrently. This article describes two cases of concurrent EC and EPN, one in a nondiabetic dog and the other in a diabetic cat. The use of diagnostic imaging is necessary in the diagnosis of emphysematous infections. Both radiography and ultrasonography were used in the diagnosis of EC and EPN in the patients described in this report.
...
PMID:Emphysematous cystitis and pyelonephritis in a nondiabetic dog and a diabetic cat. 2444 1