Pyelonephritis is a type of urinary tract infection that affects one or both kidneys. The condition is encountered in the acute and chronic forms, with further subclassification of the latter ...

The clinical records of 20 patients with histologically proved, nonobstructive "active chronic pyelonephritis" as their sole renal lesion were selected for study. Six had chronic or recurrent ...

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 ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a severe public health problem that are caused by a range of different pathogens. When the infection migrates to the upper urinary tract or is seeded there via ...