Even though women are more likely to get the infection ... it can spread from your lower to the upper urinary tract and cause fatal kidney infections. “Kidney infection or Pyelonephritis needs ...

For a subgroup of women, the cause of repeated relapses is the presence of unrecognized clinically "silent" pyelonephritis, as shown by localization studies. [10,11,12] However, it is also ...

Findings on nuclear renal scans suggest that the vast majority of infants and young children with febrile UTIs have acute pyelonephritis (APN, upper-tract infection). Early recognition and prompt ...

A report in the journal American Family Physician reveals that 7 million women are diagnosed with ... and get a suspected UTI ...

Pyelonephritis, if it occurs, usually follows a bladder infection but may also result from a blood borne infection. Diagnosis in young healthy women can be based on symptoms alone. In those with ...