[Bilateral nephrectomy as a life saving procedure in a young woman with recurrent bacteremic shock].

Pol Arch Med Wewn

Klinika Nefrologii ze Stacja Dializ Centralnego Szpitala Klinicznego Wojskowej Akademii w Warszawie.

Published: November 2001

On the basis of the recurrent bacteremic shock in young woman with bilateral reflux nephropathy and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) from early childhood we present diagnostic and therapeutic problems of complicated UTI. Negative results of localization diagnosis of UTI and clinical suspicious on renal microabscesses as a cause of recurrence bacteremic shock were the reason of bilateral nephrectomy--as a life saving procedure--and initiation of CAPD programme.

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