Fulminant course of unilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis revealing a renal actinomycosis caused by Actinomyces meyeri, an unknown cause of septic shock

Journal of Intensive Care

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Herbland, Alexandre ^a   Leloup, Maxime ^a   Levrat, Quentin ^a   Guillaume, Frédéric ^a   Verrier, Virginie ^a   Bouillard, Philippe ^a   Landois, Thierry ^a   Ouaki, Charlie F ^a   Lesieur, Olivier ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Actinomyces; Actinomycosis; Emphysematous pyelonephritis; Pyuria; Sepsis; Shock

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTRIAXONE; HETASTARCH; METRONIDAZOLE; NORADRENALIN; OFLOXACIN; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION; SOLIFENACIN;

ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES MEYERI; ACTINOMYCOSIS; AGED; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANURIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOSCOPY; DIURESIS; EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; KIDNEY ABSCESS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STENT;

EID: 84979195066     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20520492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-0492-2-42     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Ubee SS, McGlynn L, Fordham M. Emphysematous pyelonephritis. BJU Int 2011, 107:1474-1478. 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09660.x, 20840327.
2. Lin Y-H, Chen H-W, Chuang C-K, Ng K-F, Wang H-H. Renal actinomycosis presented as emphysematous pyelonephritis: a case report. J Taiwan Urol Assoc 2009, 20:181-183.
3. Huang JJ, Tseng CC. Emphysematous pyelonephritis: clinicoradiological classification, management, prognosis, and pathogenesis. Arch Intern Med 2000, 160:797-805. 10.1001/archinte.160.6.797, 10737279.
4. Hildebrand TS, Nibbe L, Frei U, Schindler R. Bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by Candida infection. Am J Kidney Dis 1999, 33:E10.
5. Ahmad M, Dakshinamurty KV. Emphysematous renal tract disease due to aspergillus fumigatus. J Assoc Physicians India 2004, 52:495-497.
6. Kamaliah MD, Bhajan MA, Dzarr GAA. Emphysematous pyelonephritis caused by Candida infection. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 2005, 36:725-727.
7. Shokeir AA, El-Azab M, Mohsen T, El-Diasty T. Emphysematous pyelonephritis: a 15-year experience with 20 cases. Urology 1997, 49:343-346. 10.1016/S0090-4295(96)00501-8, 9123695.
8. Tahir H, Thomas G, Sheerin N, Bettington H, Pattison JM, Goldsmith DJ. Successful medical treatment of acute bilateral emphysematous pyelonephritis. Am J Kidney Dis 2000, 36:1267-1270. 10.1053/ajkd.2000.19844, 11096052.
9. Tseng C-C, Wu J-J, Wang M-C, Hor L-I, Ko Y-H, Huang J-J. Host and bacterial virulence factors predisposing to emphysematous pyelonephritis. Am J Kidney Dis 2005, 46:432-439. 10.1053/j.ajkd.2005.05.019, 16129204.
10. Schmidt S, Foert E, Zidek W, van der Giet M, Westhoff TH. Emphysematous pyelonephritis in a kidney allograft. Am J Kidney Dis 2009, 53:895-897. 10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.12.032, 19344987.
11. Hui SY, Cheung CW, Hui KT, She HL. Sonographic diagnosis of emphysematous pyelonephritis in a clinically stable patient. Hong Kong Med J 2010, 16:319.
12. Somani BK, Nabi G, Thorpe P, Hussey J, Cook J, N'Dow J. Is percutaneous drainage the new gold standard in the management of emphysematous pyelonephritis? Evidence from a systematic review. J Urol 2008, 179:1844-1849. 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.019, 18353396.
13. Chang D-S, Jang WI, Jung JY, Chung S, Choi DE, Na K-R, Lee KW, Shin Y-T. Renal actinomycosis with concomitant renal vein thrombosis. Clin Nephrol 2012, 77:156-160. 10.5414/CN106885, 22257547.
14. Kanemiya T, Arai H, Murosaki N, Honda M, Osaki T, Hara H, Yoshida K. Renal actinomycosis with pneumonia. Hinyokika Kiyo 2012, 58:155-158.
15. Mallick S, Klein JF. Renal actinomycosis with fistulized lumbar abscess. Prog Urol 2000, 10:587-589.
16. Garner JP, Macdonald M, Kumar PK. Abdominal actinomycosis. Int J Surg Lond Engl 2007, 5:441-448.
17. Acevedo F, Baudrand R, Letelier LM, Gaete P. Actinomycosis: a great pretender: case reports of unusual presentations and a review of the literature. Int J Infect Dis 2008, 12:358-362. 10.1016/j.ijid.2007.10.006, 18164641.
18. Apothéloz C, Regamey C. Disseminated infection due to Actinomyces meyeri: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis 1996, 22:621-625. 10.1093/clinids/22.4.621, 8729199.
19. Fazili T, Blair D, Riddell S, Kiska D, Nagra S. Actinomyces meyeri infection: case report and review of the literature. J Infect 2012, 65:357-361. 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.02.016, 22406688.
20. Dusaud M, Durand X, Salin A, Houlgatte A. Renal pseudotumoral actinomycosis: a case report. Prog Urol 2011, 21:580-582. 10.1016/j.purol.2010.11.011, 21872163.
21. Dieckmann KP, Henke RP, Ovenbeck R. Renal actinomycosis mimicking renal carcinoma. Eur Urol 2001, 39:357-359. 10.1159/000052467, 11275733.
22. Horino T, Yamamoto M, Morita M, Takao T, Yamamoto Y, Geshi T. Renal actinomycosis mimicking renal tumor: case report. South Med J 2004, 97:316-318. 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000072362.01568.D7, 15043347.
23. Hyldgaard-Jensen J, Sandstrøm HR, Pedersen JF. Ultrasound diagnosis and guided biopsy in renal actinomycosis. Br J Radiol 1999, 72:510-512. 10.1259/bjr.72.857.10505021, 10505021.
24. Dhanani NN, Jones DM, Grossman HB. Medical management of renal actinomycosis. J Urol 2004, 171:2373-2374. 10.1097/01.ju.0000124452.80578.3c, 15126826.
25. Khalaff H, Srigley JR, Klotz LH. Recognition of renal actinomycosis: nephrectomy can be avoided: report of a case. Can J Surg 1995, 38:77-79.
26. Kim SR, Jung LY, Oh I-J, Kim Y-C, Shin K-C, Lee MK, Yang S-H, Park HS, Kim M-K, Kwak JY, Um S-J, Ra SW, Kim WJ, Kim S, Choi E-G, Lee YC. Pulmonary actinomycosis during the first decade of 21st century: cases of 94 patients. BMC Infect Dis 2013, 13:216. 10.1186/1471-2334-13-216, 3658925, 23672372.