DEATH DUE TO SEPTICEMIA FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS NEEDLE BIOPSY OF THE KIDNEY.

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Nephrology · LSU

The 2 infectious reasons to avoid a renal biopsy are- active kidney infection and active skin infection at the site of the biopsy (Luciano & Moeckel, PMID 30661724).Perinephric hematoma is common after a kidney biopsy and there is a report in the literature where this has gotten infected in the pres...