End stage renal disease due to bilateral renal malakoplakia

Malakoplakia typically affects the bladders of immunocompromised adults who have defective intracellular killing of Escherichia coli. Renal malakoplakia is rare in children and generally has a good outcome. In the case presented, however, it caused end stage renal failure in a 5 year old girl. The m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Archives of disease in childhood 2004-01, Vol.89 (1), p.78-79
Hauptverfasser:	Hegde, S, Coulthard, M G
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Biological and medical sciences Care and treatment Case Report Child, Preschool Diagnosis E coli end stage renal failure English literature Female Humans Individualized Instruction Kidney diseases Kidney Diseases - complications Kidney Failure, Chronic - etiology Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Malacoplakia - complications malakoplakia Medical research Medical sciences Medicine, Experimental Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases Nephropathies. Renovascular diseases. Renal failure Neutrophils Renal Dialysis Renal failure Scientific Concepts Tomography Transplants & implants Urine
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Zusammenfassung:	Malakoplakia typically affects the bladders of immunocompromised adults who have defective intracellular killing of Escherichia coli. Renal malakoplakia is rare in children and generally has a good outcome. In the case presented, however, it caused end stage renal failure in a 5 year old girl. The management dilemmas surrounding renal transplantation are highlighted.
ISSN:	0003-9888 1468-2044