In some children with urinary tract infection (UTI), the infection is localized to the bladder (lower urinary tract). In others, bacteria ascend from the bladder to the kidney (upper urinary tract).

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common burden in patients with diabetes mellitus. Cystitis, ascending infections leading to pyelonephritis, emphysematous complications and renal and perinephric ...

A 49-year-old woman presented to the emergency department acutely unwell. Initial investigations revealed hyperglycaemia, ketosis and an acute kidney injury precipitated by urosepsis. She was found to ...

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is a rare but potentially life-threatening urinary tract infection characterized by the formation of gas in the renal parenchyma, collecting system, and perinephric tissue ...

ABSTRACT: Emphysematous cystitis is a rare complication of lower urinary tract infection whose prognosis is conditioned by the delay in treatment. The predisposition of diabetic patients to urinary ...

Background: SGLT2i improve cardiovascular (CV) outcome in patients with HFrEF with or without diabetes (DM). Although recent trials and metanalysis have showed improve renal outcomes with SGLT-2i, one ...

A doctor at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad was allegedly assaulted by a patient’s attendants on Thursday. The final-year resident doctor from the nephrology department was ...

The renal parenchyma, collecting system, and/or perinephric tissue can become infected with a gas-producing necrotizing bacterial pathogen, resulting in the potentially fatal condition known as ...

Introduction: Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a rare, life-threatening necrotizing infection associated with diabetes mellitus (DM), especially in older women. Patients can remain asymptomatic ...

Emphysematous pyelonephritis is an acute necrotizing infection of the renal parenchyma. The management is variable, extending to total nephrectomy in severe or refractory cases. Post‐nephrectomy ...

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation in the kidneys. This is an unexpected and serious kidney infection in which the urinary tract infection travels from the bladder ...