Antibiotic Treatment of Renal Carbuncle
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American College of Physicians in Annals of Internal Medicine
- Vol. 87 (3) , 305-308
- https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-87-3-305
Abstract
Renal carbuncles in 7 young males were successfully treated with long-term administration of penicillinase-resistant antibiotics. Selective renal arteriography provided an accurate means of diagnosis and permitted a trial of medical therapy. All patients experienced a prompt and sustained clinical remission; surgical exploration was obviated in all but 1 instance, in which post-treatment radiographic changes persisted.Keywords
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