Antibiotic treatment of renal carbuncle.
Renal carbuncles in seven young males were successfully treated with long-term administration of penicillinase-resistant antibiotics. Selective renal arteriography provided an accurate means of diagnosis and permitted a trial of medical therapy. All patients experienced a prompt and sustained clincial remission; surigical exploration was thus obviated in all but one instance, in which post-treatment radiographic changes persisted.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002270:Carbuncle / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents