young girl with acute lobar nephronia

ABSTRACT

We report a young girl with acute lobar nephronia. She presented with signs and symptoms suggestive of a febrile urinary tract infection. Sonography, radioisotope study and enhanced computed tomography scan confirmed the diagnosis of acute lobar nephronia. She was treated with intravenous antibiotics for two weeks followed by long-term prophylaxis antibacterial therapy. Despite clinical recovery, follow-up computed tomography scams and isotope studies showed residual renal scarring of the affected kidney