[Unusual presentation of urinary tract infection in 6 cases].
Urinary tract infections may have different clinical presentations that may range from asymptomatic bacteriuria to purulent collections and severe sepsis. We report 6 diabetic patients, 3 presenting with a renal carbuncle and 3 with an emphysematous pyelonephritis. All required medical and surgical treatment and had a good evolution. Two carbuncles were caused by beta- hemolytic type B streptococcus. This is the second notification of this agent as causative of renal abscesses, probably reaching the kidney through hematogenous dissemination from cutaneous foci.
Noriega
L M
LM
Servicios de Medicina, Hospital Dr Sótero del Río y UDA de Medicina de la P Universidad Católica de Chile.
González
P
P
Pérez
J
J
Canals
C
C
Trucco
C
C
Michaud
P
P
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
Presentaciones inhabituales de infecciones del tracto urinário en 6 casos.