It is increasingly recognized that many problems concerning the aetiology, recognition and natural history of urinary tract infections are still unresolved, and this is particularly true of such infections in infancy. There is, for example, no general agreement about their incidence in the first months of life: Stansfeld (1954) has pointed out that pyelonephritis occurs more frequently in the f...

OBJECTIVE. To review demographics of patients with acute pyelonephritis, their outcomes of severe upper urinary tract infection, and to identify risk factors for long hospital stay and mortality. DESIGN. Case series. SETTING. A regional hospital in Hong Kong. PATIENTS. Patients admitted between June 2007 and June 2012 for acute pyelonephritis were identified. Those with the most severe outcomes...

OBJECTIVE To describe a case of acute pyelonephritis associated with pleural effusion. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND INTERVENTION A 39-year-old female non-smoker who had Escherichia coli bacteremia due to acute pyelonephritis, developed bilateral transudative pleural effusions during hospitalization. She was successfully treated with intravenous antibiotic therapy. Follow-up chest radiographs rev...

Among urological diseases, the most relevant is infection of urinary tract. Pyelonephritis on 5th place in kidney and obstructive pyelonephritis occurs 84% all pyelonephritis. In world, among adult population, 100 people per 100,000 population suffer from addition, year to year, there an increase purulent forms acute by 4–5 times. This pathology a separated manifestation such important problem ...

BACKGROUND Data on the success rate of sitafloxacin treatment in acute complicated urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis are limited. OBJECTIVES To determine the success rate of a new oral fluoroquinolone, sitafloxacin, in acute complicated urinary tract infection and pyelonephritis. METHODS A prospective study of 30 patients who were diagnosed with acute complicated urinary tract infe...

OBJECTIVE Adipokines have been implicated in metabolic regulation and the immune response thus providing a molecular mechanism for the interaction between these two systems. Retinol binding protein 4 (RBP4) is a novel adipokine that plays a role in the pathophysiology of obesity-induced insulin resistance, as well as in the modulation of inflammation. The aim of this study was to determine whet...

The initial management of pyelonephritis needs to look for complicating factors. Ultrasound and X ray of the abdomen are able to rule out a urinary dilatation or a stone. The treatment is then surgical with renal drainage. Additional investigations such as a CT scan should be performed in patients with complicating factors or recurrence. In uncomplicated pyelonephritis a ambulatory treatment wi...

PURPOSE Early diagnosis and treatment of acute pyelonephritis in children is of special importance in order to prevent serious complications. This study was conducted to determine the diagnostic value of serum interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 in children with acute pyelonephritis. METHODS Eighty-seven patients between 1 month to 12 years old with urinary tract infection (UTI) were divided into 2 g...