The global pandemic of Diabetes has put to light the complications associated with it. Urinary tract infections in diabetic patients often complicate acute pyelonephritis, emphysematous pyelonephritis and renal abscess. Renal papillary necrosis is an underdiagnosed cause resistant recurrent UTI’s diabetics. Need for IV contrast further complicates diagnosis present study aims identify role earl...

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BACKGROUND Acute pyelonephritis is a potentially severe disease for which there are few population-based studies. We performed a population-based analysis of trends in the incidence, microbial etiology, antimicrobial resistance, and antimicrobial therapy of outpatient and inpatient pyelonephritis. METHODS A total of 4887 enrollees of Group Health Cooperative, based in Seattle, Washington, who...

Hidden renal mass is not evident during severe inflammation such as acute pyelonephritis, pyonephrosis, or renal abscess. Deceptive inflammatory presentations that can occur in aggressive synchronous renal malignancies can significantly delay the diagnosis of cancer. Herein, we report a case of acute pyelonephritis involving overlooked renal cell carcinoma.

Purpose of the study: Research of the clinical and diagnostic significance of determination of Lipocalin-2 associated with neutrophilic gelatinases (uNGAL) in the urine of children with urinary tract infection (UTI) and pyelonephritis. Materials and methods: We examined 30 children with acute pyelonephritis and UTI aged 1 to 16 years (average age 7.32 ± 4.52) including 26 girls and 4 boys. Veri...

OBJECTIVE We sought to describe the incidence of acute pyelonephritis in pregnancy, and to assess its association with perinatal outcomes in an integrated health care system. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective cohort study was performed using medical records on 546,092 singleton pregnancies delivered in all Kaiser Permanente Southern California hospitals from 1993 through 2010. These medical record...

The role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A was studied in acute and chronic pyelonephritis models employing an exotoxin A-producing strain PAO, and its toxin deficient mutant PAOT1. Interestingly, the mutant strain was found to be at an advantage in its ability to induce acute pyelonephritis and it induced severer renal pathology. No significant differences were observed in the ability of th...