Pyelonephritis

Last revised by Mohammad Niknejad ◉ on 7 Oct 2022

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Citation:

Jones J, Niknejad M, Shah V, et al. Pyelonephritis. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 17 Jan 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9121

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-9121

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/9121?iframe=true

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9121

Article created:

18 Mar 2010, Jeremy Jones ◉

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At the time the article was created Jeremy Jones had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

7 Oct 2022, Mohammad Niknejad ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Mohammad Niknejad had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Revisions:

14 times, by 9 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Urogenital

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

kidney

Synonyms:

Pyelonephritic
Pyelonephritides

Pyelonephritis (plural: pyelonephritides) refers to an upper urinary (renal) tract infection with associated renal pelvis, renal calyceal and renal parenchymal inflammation, and comprises a heterogeneous group of conditions.

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