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Pyelonephritis

Introduction: Pyelonephritis

Description of Pyelonephritis

Pyelonephritis (medical condition): Kidney and ureter infection usually bacterial from the bladder...more »

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Pyelonephritis: inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Pyelonephritis: inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis due to infection.
Source: CRISP

Pyelonephritis: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Pyelonephritis: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Pyelonephritis:

• Inflammation
• Renal
• Renal symptoms (1125 causes)
• Renal disorder (24 causes)
• Renal pain (23 causes)
• Parenchyma
• Calyces
• Pelvis
• Pelvis symptoms (371 causes)
• Pelvis disease

Pyelonephritis as a Disease

Pyelonephritis (medical condition): See Pyelonephritis (disease information).
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Pyelonephritis: Related Diseases

Pyelonephritis: Pyelonephritis is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Urinary tract infections
• Kidney conditions
• Acute urinary conditions
• Nephritis
• Urinary system conditions
• Conditions involving a pathogen

Pyelonephritis: Article Excerpts

Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection, usually from bacteria that spread from the bladder. (Source: excerpt from Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults: NIDDK)

Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection, usually from bacteria that spread from the bladder. (Source: excerpt from Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults: NIDDK)

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Pyelonephritis as a Symptom

Pyelonephritis (symptom): Any inflammation of the kidney...more »

Pyelonephritis (symptom): Pyelonephritis is a kidney infection, usually from bacteria that spread from the bladder. (Source: excerpt from Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults: NIDDK)

Pyelonephritis (symptom): See Pyelonephritis (symptom information).

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Pyelonephritis: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Pyelonephritis:

• infectious tubulointerstitial nephritis
• kidney infection
• renal infection
• upper urinary tract infection
• upper UTI
• Escherichia coli
• E coli
• bacterial infection
• gram-positive infection
• uropathogens
• urovirulent organisms
• urinary obstruction

Terms associated with Pyelonephritis:

Terms Similar to Pyelonephritis:

• Necrotizing Pyelonephritis
• Pyelonephritis, Acute Necrotizing

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Kidney Failure, Chronic

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Pyelonephritis:

• Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous

Source - MeSH 2007

• acute pyelonephritis
• chronic pyelonephritis

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Pyelonephritis

• Nephritis, Interstitial
• Pyelitis

Source - MeSH 2007

• kidney infection
• nephritis

Source - CRISP

• urinary tract infection

Source - WordNet 2.1

Other terms that may be related to Pyelonephritis:

• chronic renal failure

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Pyelonephritis

The following list attempts to classify Pyelonephritis into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• urinary tract infection
• inflammatory disease
• disease
• illness,malady,sickness,unwellness
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Male Urogenital Diseases
  • Urologic Diseases
    • Kidney Diseases
      • Nephritis
        • Nephritis, Interstitial
          • Pyelonephritis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Male Urogenital Diseases
  • Urologic Diseases
    • Kidney Diseases
      • Nephritis
        • Pyelitis
          • Pyelonephritis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
  • Female Urogenital Diseases
    • Urologic Diseases
      • Kidney Diseases
        • Nephritis
          • Nephritis, Interstitial
            • Pyelonephritis

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications
  • Female Urogenital Diseases
    • Urologic Diseases
      • Kidney Diseases
        • Nephritis
          • Pyelitis
            • Pyelonephritis

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