Renal actinomycosis with concomitant renal vein thrombosis

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-160

  Chang, Dong Suk ^a   Jang, Won Ik ^a   Jung, Ji Yoon ^a   Chung, Sarah ^a   Choi, Dae Eun ^a   Na, Ki Ryang ^a   Lee, Kang Wook ^a   Shin, Yong Tai ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Actinomycosis; Kidney; Renal vein; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IMIPENEM; ISEPAMICIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTEIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY MASS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSURIA; FATIGUE; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PALLOR; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RELATIVE DENSITY; RENAL ACTINOMYCOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SILVER STAINING; SPUTUM CULTURE; SUPPURATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; WEIGHT REDUCTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY VEIN; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RENAL VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84859479401     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CN106885     Document Type: Article

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