[Successful conservative management of a multiple renal abscess in a child].
Renal abscesses are uncommon in children but their consequences could be serious, including sepsis, severe renal damage or loss of the kidney. The following report describes a three-year-old girl diagnosed of multiple renal abscess in the left kidney after a first episode of fever. The case is significant due to the uncommon presentation of a urinary tract infection as a multiple abscess, the extension of the injuries (there were 4 abscesses in the kidney) and the conservative therapy with intravenous antibiotics which was selected in order to preserve renal tissue.
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Couselo
Unidad de Urología Pediátrica, Hospital La Fe, Valencia.
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Domínguez
Unidad de Urología Pediátrica, Hospital La Fe, Valencia.
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Unidad de Urología Pediátrica, Hospital La Fe, Valencia.
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D000038:Abscess / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012074:Remission Induction