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Thoracic and Renal Actinomycosis Requiring Complete Right Nephrectomy in a Costa Rican Female Child.
Cureus
; 12(2): e6879, 2020 Feb 04.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32190442
RESUMO
Actinomycosis is a relatively uncommon bacterial disease of childhood, especially when presenting as deep-seated infections. Only 10% of affected patients are younger than 18 years of age. In children, cervical actinomycosis is the most common form of clinical presentation, and among the abdominopelvic form, renal abscesses are rare. We describe an uncommon and severe case of a five-year-old Costa Rican girl with thoracic and renal actinomycosis who required a complete nephrectomy.