HYPERCHLOREMIC acidosis is a characteristic feature of a variety of kidney diseases that have in common impairment of urinary acidification with the excretion of an alkaline urine. These disorders, ...

October 23, 2006 — Women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are more likely to present with specific clinical features than those without, including the presence of symptoms after ...

The present study represents an attempt to investigate the etiologic relation between clinical urinary-tract infection and the autopsy finding of chronic pyelonephritis. Recently, by the use of ...

Complications resulting from persistent and repeated urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for nearly 1 million hospital admissions annually. Cystitis, a localized bladder infection occurring in the ...

A functional and well-balanced immune response is required to resist most infections. Slight dysfunctions in innate immunity can turn the 'friendly' host defense into an unpleasant foe and give rise ...

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Pyelonephritis refers to a lower urinary tract infection (UTI) that has spread to the pelvis of the kidney. The main goals of treating this condition are symptom reduction and infection control. The ...

A young girl presented with recurrent UTIs. A young girl with recurrent UTIs was diagnosed with a grade-3 VUR and mild hydronephrosis. Contributed by Sherril Sego, FNP-C, DNP, a staff clinician at the ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) can cause back pain, especially if the infection spreads to the kidneys, leading to pyelonephritis. Recognizing symptoms like painful urination, fever, and flank pain ...

A healthy 25-year-old woman is referred for recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTI). She has had 5 documented and culture-proven urinary tract infections in the last year. Her symptoms have always ...