American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 895-897 , May 2009

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis in a Kidney Allograft

  • Sven Schmidt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Charité–Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Ellen Foert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Charité–Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Walter Zidek, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Charité–Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Markus van der Giet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Charité–Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Timm H. Westhoff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Charité–Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Timm H. Westhoff, MD, Charité–Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Nephrology, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12200 Berlin, Germany

Received 9 November 2008 ,Accepted 31 December 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.12.032 on April 6, 2009.

PII: S0272-6386(09)00149-8

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.12.032

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 5 , Pages 895-897 , May 2009

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