Emphysematous polycystic infection in a patient on peritoneal dialysis

Authors :: Shankar Prasad Nagaraju
Ankur Gupta
Brendan B Mccormick
Ashish Khandelwal
Source :: Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, Vol 25, Iss 4, Pp 837-839 (2014)
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014.
Abstract: Emphysematous infection of the cysts in patients with polycystic kidney disease is very rare and seldom reported. We herein report a case of emphysematous polycystic infection in a 61-year-old male patient who was on peritoneal dialysis for end-stage renal disease caused by adult polycystic kidney disease.

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