title: Renal abscess due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa: report of two cases.
abstract: We report two cases of renal abscess due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in previously healthy children. The first patient was a nine-year old girl with a three-week history of intermittent fever and the second was a three-year old boy with a four-day history of fever. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was isolated from the urine cultures of both children. In both cases ultrasound and CT/MRI scans revealed the formation of a renal abscess. The patients were successfully treated with administration of antipseudomonal drugs for seven and five weeks, respectively. In both children no surgical intervention was required and the follow-up revealed no impact on the overall renal function or arterial pressure.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. roilides@med.auth.gr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bampala
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kollios
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antachopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tratselas
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Roilides
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000652:urine; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002442:Ceftazidime / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000652:urine; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002442:Ceftazidime