I often find myself under- or overestimating the incidence of certain nephrology-related conditions. I know this "error" is, in part, due to an "exposure bias" in my practice. I tend to overestimate ...

It has been difficult to devise a practical clinical approach to reliably separate simple urinary tract infections (UTIs) from UTIs that also involve the kidneys (acute pyelonephritis). The gold ...

Pyelonephritis was suspected as the underlying cause of CKD in 6 of 22 cases. Pyelonephritis is an underrecognized cause of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in patients with orthotopic ileal neobladder ...

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection that causes inflammation in the kidneys. This is an unexpected and serious kidney infection in which the urinary tract infection travels from the bladder ...

Emphysematous pyelonephritis (EPN) is a severe, necrotizing renal parenchymal infection that is characterized by the production of intraparenchymal gas. EPN predominantly affects female diabetics, and ...

During the years 1932 to 1945, post-mortem examination disclosed 26 cases of this lesion at the Mallory Institute of Pathology, Boston City Hospital, and at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 19 of ...

Background A 54-year-old nondiabetic male presented with high fever, vague lower abdominal pain and leakage of urine around his long-standing suprapubic catheter. Examination revealed pyrexia and ...

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The answer would be easy if the diagnosis of chronic pyelonephritis were clinically obvious. Unfortunately, it is not; frequently, it is reserved for the autopsy table. If some reliable, simple ...