title: Medical therapy alone for the treatment of gas forming intrarenal abscess.
abstract: Gas forming renal infections are severe, potentially lethal conditions. Gas formation in an intrarenal abscess is extremely rare. Formerly, these patients were uniformly treated by a combined medical and surgical approach. We describe 2 patients with intrarenal gas abscess who were successfully treated with antibiotics alone. We review the literature concerning intrarenal gas abscess and propose a pathophysiological mechanism for its formation as well as a treatment schema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stanford University Medical Center, California.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Nickas
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Reese
authors.forename: R U
authors.initials: RU
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D005740:Gases; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005740:Gases