Urea-splitting urinary tract infection contributing to hyperammonemic encephalopathy

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Maarten Albersen
Steven Joniau
Hein Van Poppel
Pieter-Jan Cuyle
Daniel C Knockaert
Wouter Meersseman
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[1] M Albersen graduated as an MD in 2007 at the Catholic University of Leuven,S Joniau is a full
[2] Belgium,time staff member in the Department of Urology
[3] and started his residency in Urology in Leuven,H Van Poppel is the Chairman of the Department of Urology at the University Hospital Gasthuisberg
[4] Leuven,Department of Pathophysiology at the Catholic University of Leuven and Board Certified Internist and emergency physician in charge of the Emergency Department of Gasthuisberg University Hospital
[5] Belgium.,undefined
[6] University Hospitals,undefined
[7] Leuven,undefined
[8] Belgium.,undefined
[9] Catholic University of Leuven,undefined
[10] Leuven,undefined
[11] Belgium.,undefined
[12] P-J Cuyle is a resident in internal medicine,undefined
[13] University Hospitals,undefined
[14] Leuven,undefined
[15] Belgium.,undefined
[16] DC Knockaert is Professor of Internal Medicine,undefined
[17] Leuven,undefined
[18] Belgium.,undefined
[19] W Meersseman works as a critical care physician in the Medical Intensive Care Unit of University Gasthuisberg,undefined
[20] Leuven,undefined
[21] Belgium.,undefined
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Nature Clinical Practice Urology | 2007年 / 4卷
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Background We present a case of severe neurological symptoms caused by hyperammonemia, secondary to a urinary tract infection with urea-splitting bacteria.
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