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Preferred Name

Pyelonephritis
Definitions
An inflammatory process affecting the kidney. The cause is most often bacterial, but may also be fungal in nature. Signs and symptoms may include fever, chills, flank pain, painful and frequent urination, cloudy or bloody urine, and confusion.
Synonyms
Pyelonephritis
PYELONEPHRITIS
Kidney Infection
Kidney infection
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Pyelonephritis
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Pyelonephritis
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IMDRF:E131001
Legacy Concept Name
Pyelonephritis
Preferred_Name
Pyelonephritis
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Disease or Syndrome
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Thesaurus:C34965
DEFINITION
An inflammatory process affecting the kidney. The cause is most often bacterial, but may also be fungal in nature. Signs and symptoms may include fever, chills, flank pain, painful and frequent urination, cloudy or bloody urine, and confusion.
UMLS_CUI
C3805943
code
C34965
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type
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Pyelonephritis
PYELONEPHRITIS
Kidney Infection
Kidney infection
ALT_DEFINITION
An infection of the kidney.
A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the kidney.
An inflammatory process affecting the kidney.
A tubulointerstitial inflammatory disease involving a spectrum of lesions affecting the tubules, interstitium and/or the pelvis of the kidney. Pyelonephritis can result from infections, both ascending and descending and following papillary necrosis and urothelial ulceration. Certain strains of rodents are particularly susceptible to developing spontaneous pyelonephritis and are used as animal models to assess antibiotic therapy. (INHAND)
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