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About 15% of patients persist with fever after 48 hours of antibiotics <ref> | About 15% of patients persist with fever after 48 hours of antibiotics.<ref name="pmid3543268">{{cite journal |author=Grover SA, Komaroff AL, Weisberg M, Cook EF, Goldman L |title=The characteristics and hospital course of patients admitted for presumed acute pyelonephritis |journal=J Gen Intern Med |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=5–10 |year=1987 |pmid=3543268 |doi= |url= |issn=}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 07:36, 13 May 2009
In medicine, pyelonephritis is "inflammation of the kidney involving the renal parenchyma (the nephrons); kidney pelvis; and kidney calices. It is characterized by abdominal pain; fever; nausea; vomiting; and occasionally diarrhea."[1]
Prognosis
About 15% of patients persist with fever after 48 hours of antibiotics.[2]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Pyelonephritis (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Grover SA, Komaroff AL, Weisberg M, Cook EF, Goldman L (1987). "The characteristics and hospital course of patients admitted for presumed acute pyelonephritis". J Gen Intern Med 2 (1): 5–10. PMID 3543268. [e]