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What is Pyelonephritis?

What is Pyelonephritis?

• Pyelonephritis: Kidney and ureter infection usually bacterial from the bladder.
• Pyelonephritis: inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Pyelonephritis: Introduction

Types of Pyelonephritis:

Types of Pyelonephritis:

Broader types of Pyelonephritis:

• Urinary tract infections
• Kidney conditions
• Acute urinary conditions
• Nephritis
• Urinary system conditions
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• more types...»

Who gets Pyelonephritis?

Gender Profile for Pyelonephritis: More common in women

How serious is Pyelonephritis?

Complications of Pyelonephritis: see complications of Pyelonephritis
Deaths for Pyelonephritis: 846 deaths reported in USA 1999 for kidney infection (NVSR Sep 2001)

What causes Pyelonephritis?

Causes of Pyelonephritis: see causes of Pyelonephritis
Cause of Pyelonephritis: Usually spread of the infection from the bladder.
Causes of Pyelonephritis: Possible causes of infection include the following:

• Use of a catheter to drain urine from the bladder
• Use of a cystoscope to examine the bladder and urethra
• Surgery on the urinary tract
• Conditions such as prostate enlargement and kidney stones that prevent the efficient flow of urine from the bladder.

(Source: excerpt from Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection) in Adults: NIDDK)
Risk factors for Pyelonephritis: see risk factors for Pyelonephritis

What are the symptoms of Pyelonephritis?

Symptoms of Pyelonephritis: see symptoms of Pyelonephritis

Complications of Pyelonephritis: see complications of Pyelonephritis

Pyelonephritis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Pyelonephritis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Pyelonephritis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Pyelonephritis: see treatments for Pyelonephritis
Research for Pyelonephritis: see research for Pyelonephritis

Organs Affected by Pyelonephritis:

Organs and body systems related to Pyelonephritis include:

• Kidney

Name and Aliases of Pyelonephritis

Main name of condition: Pyelonephritis

Other names or spellings for Pyelonephritis:

pyelitis, kidney infection

Pyelonephritis: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or 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

 » Next page: Prognosis of Pyelonephritis

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