Concurrent emphysematous pyelonephritis, cystitis, and iliopsoas abscess from discitis in a diabetic woman.

Int J Infect Dis

Department of Emergency Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taoyuan Branch, No. 100, Sec. 3, Cheng-Kung Road, Taoyuan 330, Taiwan; Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: simpleabei@y

Published: October 2016


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