Intrarenal Abscess
- 1 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 140 (7), 914-916
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1980.00040020914008
Abstract
Six of 14 patients with renal abscess had prior history of urinary tract infection; initial symptoms included fever and flank pain in 12. A drip-infusion intravenous pyelogram was the most sensitive radiologic test, but selective renal arteriography was most specific. Urine cultures were positive in all 14 patients; blood cultures were positive in nine. Six patients were treated with antibiotics alone and eight required surgery. Of the eight, five had pus-filled cavities, one had multiple stones, one had a renal infarct, and one had a resolving abscess. Of six treated with antibiotics alone, one died of unrelated complications and five have demonstrated no pathological renal condition after three to six years. (Arch Intern Med 140:914-916, 1980)This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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