Renal abscesses measuring 5 cm or less: Outcome of medical treatment without therapeutic drainage

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 569-573

  Lee, Seung Hwan ^a   Jung, Hyun Jin ^a   Mah, Sang Yol ^a   Chung, Byung Ha ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abscess; Antibiotics; Infection; Kidney

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEPHALOSPORIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; ABSCESS; KIDNEY DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956210290     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.4.569     Document Type: Article

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