Pyonephrosis due to salmonella cholerae-suis variant kunzendorf.
A patient with unilateral infection of the kidney due to Salm. cholerase-suis is presented. Long-term treatment with ampicillin was of no avail. Nephrectomy terminated the infection. The extirpated kidney showed severe obstruction, stones and tissue damage.
D000038:Abscess / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000150:complications; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000150:complications; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000150:complications; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000150:complications