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In [[medicine]], '''pyelonephritis''' is "inflammation of the kidney involving the renal parenchyma (the nephrons); kidney pelvis; and kidney calices. It is characterized by abdominal pain; fever; nausea; vomiting; and occasionally diarrhea."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | In [[medicine]], '''pyelonephritis''' is a form of [[urinary tract infection]] that is "inflammation of the [[kidney]] involving the renal parenchyma (the nephrons); kidney pelvis; and kidney calices. It is characterized by abdominal pain; fever; nausea; vomiting; and occasionally diarrhea."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
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In medicine, pyelonephritis is a form of urinary tract infection that is "inflammation of the kidney involving the renal parenchyma (the nephrons); kidney pelvis; and kidney calices. It is characterized by abdominal pain; fever; nausea; vomiting; and occasionally diarrhea."[1]
Prognosis
About 15% of patients persist with fever after 48 hours of antibiotics.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Pyelonephritis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Grover SA, Komaroff AL, Weisberg M, Cook EF, Goldman L (1987). "The characteristics and hospital course of patients admitted for presumed acute pyelonephritis". J Gen Intern Med 2 (1): 5–10. PMID 3543268. [e]