EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH NEPHRECTOMY AND GRANULOCYTE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR

Authors
NANKI T AGEISHI Y IWAMA T MURASE H UCHIKAWA T
Citation
T. Nanki et al., EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS SUCCESSFULLY TREATED WITH NEPHRECTOMY AND GRANULOCYTE-COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR, Internal medicine, 33(4), 1994, pp. 234-236
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Internal medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
09182918
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
234 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0918-2918(1994)33:4<234:EPSTWN>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
A 58-year-old woman developed diabetic ketoacidosis and emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by Escherichia coli. She was successfully treate d with nephrectomy, antibiotics, and recombinant human granulocyte col ony-stimulating factor (rhG-CSF). RhG-CSF therapy may be an effective adjunct for diabetic patients with severe infection, even when neutrop enia is not present.