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 ...

Acute pyelonephritis is a bacterial infection of the kidneys that affects up to 2 percent of pregnant women. In most cases, the infection first develops in the lower urinary tract. If it’s not ...

The present study represents an attempt to investigate the etiologic relation between clinical urinary-tract infection and the autopsy finding of chronic pyelonephritis. Recently, by the use of ...

Pyelonephritis refers to a lower urinary tract infection (UTI) that has spread to the pelvis of the kidney. The main goals of treating this condition are symptom reduction and infection control. The ...