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(Created page with "=== Clinic === * Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the kidney, typically due to a bacterial infection, most commonly ''Escherichia coli''. * The mechanism of infection is usually spread up the urinary tract. * Less often infection occurs through the bloodstream. === Signs / Symptoms === * High fever * Pain on passing urine * Abdominal pain that radiates along the flank towards the back. * Vomiting * Tenderness at the costovertebral angle on the affected side ===...") |
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* Gross hematuria (Hemorrhagic cystitis) is present in 30-40% of pyelonephritis cases in females, most often young women. Gross hematuria is unusual in males and should prompt consideration of a more serious cause. <br /> | |||
=== Pyelonephritis vs [[Nephritis]] === | === Pyelonephritis vs [[Nephritis]] === | ||
* Nephritis is often caused by infections, and toxins, but is most commonly caused by autoimmune disorders | * Nephritis is often caused by infections, and toxins, but is most commonly caused by autoimmune disorders | ||
* Pyelonephritis is inflammation that results from a urinary tract infection that reaches the renal pelvis of the kidney. | * Pyelonephritis is inflammation that results from a urinary tract infection that reaches the renal pelvis of the kidney. | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:21, 9 April 2023
Clinic
- Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the kidney, typically due to a bacterial infection, most commonly Escherichia coli.
- The mechanism of infection is usually spread up the urinary tract.
- Less often infection occurs through the bloodstream.
Signs / Symptoms
- High fever
- Pain on passing urine
- Abdominal pain that radiates along the flank towards the back.
- Vomiting
- Tenderness at the costovertebral angle on the affected side
- Gross hematuria (Hemorrhagic cystitis) is present in 30-40% of pyelonephritis cases in females, most often young women. Gross hematuria is unusual in males and should prompt consideration of a more serious cause.
Pyelonephritis vs Nephritis
- Nephritis is often caused by infections, and toxins, but is most commonly caused by autoimmune disorders
- Pyelonephritis is inflammation that results from a urinary tract infection that reaches the renal pelvis of the kidney.