Asymptomatic group-B streptococcal pyelonephritis: An unusual cause of acute renal failure

Nephron

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-244

  Heyman, Samuel N ^a   Brezis, Mayer ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AGED; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; PYELONEPHRITIS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 0031042975     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189542     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Ronald AR, Nicolle LE: Infections of the upper urinary tract; in Schrier RW, Gottschalk CW (eds): Diseases of the Kidney. Boston, Little, Brown. 1993. pp 973-1006.
2. Jones SR: Acute renal failure in adults with uncomplicated acute pyelonephritis: Case reports and review. Clin Infect Dis. 1992:14: 243-246.
3. Munoz P. Coquc T. Rodriguez Crcixcms M. Bernaldo de Quiros JCL, Moreno S. Bouza E: Group B streptococcus: A cause of urinary tract infection in nonpregnant adults. Clin Infect Dis 1992:14:492-496.
4. Brezis M. Rosn S, Epstein FH: Acute renal failure: Brenner BM, Rector EC (eds): The Kidney. Philadelphia, Saunders. 1991. pp 993-1061.
5. Woodrow G, Patel S. Berman P. Morgan AG, Burden RP: Asymptomatic acute pyelonephritis as a cause of acute renal failure in the elderly. Postgrad Med J 1993:69:211-213.