RESUMEN

Urinary tract infections may have different clinical presentations that may range from asymptomatic bacteriuria to purulent collections and severe sepsis. We report 6 diabetic patients, 3 presenting with a renal carbuncle and 3 with an emphysematous pyelonephritis. All required medical and surgical treatment and had a good evolution. Two carbuncles were caused by beta-hemolitic type B streptococcus. This is the second notification of this agent as causative of renal abscesses, probably reaching the kidney through hematogenous dissemination from cutaneous foci

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Humanos , Masculino , Femenino , Adulto , Persona de Mediana Edad , Infecciones Urinarias/diagnóstico , Pielonefritis/complicaciones , Infecciones Urinarias/cirugía , Infecciones Urinarias/complicaciones , Infecciones Urinarias/microbiología , Orina/microbiología , Ultrasonografía , Diabetes Mellitus/complicaciones , Carbunco/complicaciones , Nefrectomía , Enfisema Subcutáneo/complicaciones , Hepatitis Alcohólica/complicaciones