Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery

Renal Actinomycosis: An Unexpected Diagnosis for Unusual Symptoms

Lovelesh Kumar Nigam *

Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences, India.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Actinomycosis is an uncommon chronic granulomatous infection caused by gram-positive anaerobic bacterium, Actinomyces israelii (A. Israelli).There are a very few cases of renal actinomycosis (RA) as clinical findings of genitourinary actinomycosis are usually non-specific. Here we present two cases of RA which presented with urinary tract infection and one of them was suspected to have neoplastic lesion on radiology.

Keywords: Renal, actinomycosis, sulphur granules

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