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World J Nephrol. Jan 6, 2016; 5(1): 108-114
Published online Jan 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i1.108
Published online Jan 6, 2016. doi: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i1.108
Renal and perinephric abscesses in West China Hospital: 10-year retrospective-descriptive study
Xiao-Qin Liu, Cheng-Cheng Wang, Yan-Bin Liu, Kai Liu, Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Author contributions: Liu XQ analyzed the data and wrote the paper; Wang CC collected the data; Liu YB and Liu K designed the research.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by West China Hospital Sichuan University Clinical Trials and Biomedical Ethics Committee.
Informed consent statement: This analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained from patients who provided informed written consent before treatment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that there is not conflict of interest related to this study.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Kai Liu, Center of Infectious Diseases, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, 37 Guoxuexiang, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China. liubusiness@163.com
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Received: June 29, 2015
Peer-review started: July 4, 2015
First decision: September 17, 2015
Revised: September 28, 2015
Accepted: November 23, 2015
Article in press: November 25, 2015
Published online: January 6, 2016
Processing time: 191 Days and 2.8 Hours
Peer-review started: July 4, 2015
First decision: September 17, 2015
Revised: September 28, 2015
Accepted: November 23, 2015
Article in press: November 25, 2015
Published online: January 6, 2016
Processing time: 191 Days and 2.8 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Renal and perinephric abscesses are uncommon but potentially lethal infectious diseases and the case-fatality rates most frequently cited in previous studies are still high. However, the previous case-fatality rates need to be updated, since prompt diagnosis and appropriate therapeutic strategies have contributed to lower mortality. This article reports the characteristics of patients identified with renal or perinephric abscesses and shares the management experience and outcome in West China Hospital during the last decade.