Early diagnosis of sepsis using an E-health application for a clinical early warning system outside of the intensive care unit: a case report by Daniel Aiham Ghazali, Philippe Kenway, Christophe Choquet, Enrique Casalino

“…Conclusions The prognosis for patients with acute complicated pyelonephritis is much worse than for those with uncomplicated pyelonephritis. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy by Ghafarnezhad M, Shams MR

“…Asymptomatic bacteriuria is prevalent during pregnancy. It can lead to pyelonephritis, premature pregnancy and low birth weight. …”
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Efficacy of botulinum toxin in a patient with neurogenic detrusor overactivity by S. S. Nikitin, N. B. Guseva, M. A. Romashin

“…Detrusor hypertension was stopped, pyelonephritis remission was achieved, trabecularity of the bladder mucosa was stopped. …”
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Clinical Course of Pregnant Women with Maternal Hydronephrosis: Retrospective Clinical Study by Barış Saylam, Aysun Efesoy, Erim Erdem

“…Results: Conservative treatments were successful in 98 (96.1%) of 102 patients, but 4 (3.9%) had signs and symptoms of acute pyelonephritis progressing to urosepsis. Antibiotics were continued in patients who developed pyelonephritis, symptoms regressed rapidly, signs of kidney infection returned to normal. …”
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Urinary tract infection in the setting of vesicoureteral reflux [version 1; referees: 2 approved] by Michael L. Garcia-Roig, Andrew J. Kirsch

“…Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the most common underlying etiology responsible for febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs) or pyelonephritis in children. Along with the morbidity of pyelonephritis, long-term sequelae of recurrent renal infections include renal scarring, proteinuria, and hypertension. …”
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Evaluation of Human Urinary N-acetyl beta – D- glucosaminidase index in children with urinary tract anomalies by Raghad J. Ali, Firyal H. Al-Obaidi, Nariman F. Ahmed, Hussein Hummdy

“…Results: The current results revealed that NAG/creatinine index was significantly higher in patients with vesicoureteral reflux, Pelviureteric junction obstruction and pyelonephritis in comparison with cystitis. Conclusions: The assessment of urinary NAG could be considered as a useful marker in prediction of the vesicoureteral reflux, hydronephrosis secondary to Pelviureteric junction obstruction .Urinary NAG is elevated in children with pyelonephritis and it can be considered as a further criterion in the diagnosis of upper urinary tract infection.…”
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Evaluation of Infections in Hospitalised Pregnant Women by Burcu ÖZDEMİR, Sümeyye KAZANCIOĞLU, Esragül AKINCI, Cemal Reşat ATALAY, Hürrem BODUR

“…Ceftriaxone was started in 35 of the patients with pyelonephritis. Treatment duration was 5-17 days (mean 11 days). …”
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Arthropod borne disease: the leading cause of fever in pregnancy on the Thai-Burmese border by McGready, R, Ashley, E, Wuthiekanun, V, Tan, S, Pimanpanarak, M, Viladpai-Nguen, S, Jesadapanpong, W, Blacksell, S, Peacock, S, Paris, D, Day, N, Singhasivanon, P, White, N, Nosten, F

“…Coinfection was observed in 3.9% (8/203) of women, mostly malaria and rickettsia. Pyelonephritis, 19.7% (40/203), was also a common cause of fever. …”

Prevalence of herpesvirus infections markers at the of kidneys pathology in children by T. V. Barchatova, N. E. Senjagina, V. V. Krasnov

“…High prevalence of markers of Epstein-Barr virus infection activity in children with acute and chronic glomerulonephritis was detected; acute pyelonephritis in each third child occurs against the background of primary herpes simplex virus-1,2 infections; for children with acute pyelonephritis and acute tubulointerstitial nephritis a high detection rate (>73,5%) of anti-CMV IgG, CMV-viruria (>50%), markers of acute or active CMV infection (in 1/3 – 1/4 of children) are characteristic; at chronic tubulointerstitial nephritis and glomerulonephritis a high prevalence of markers of herpes virus 6 infection activity was observed; children with different forms of acute and chronic renal pathology demonstrate high frequency of EBV, CMV, herpesvirus-6-viruria (1/3 –of patients).…”
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A rare case of post-COVID mucormycosis of the kidney by Ankit Tyagi, Manu Gupta, Aashita Mittal, Arupparna Sengupta

“…This case highlights the possibility of mucormycosis involving the kidney in the recovery phase and the need of urgent nephrectomy in case of sepsis, especially if associated with emphysematous pyelonephritis.…”
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Diagnostic value of biomarkers for paediatric urinary tract infections in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis by Hanne A. Boon, Thomas Struyf, Dominique Bullens, Ann Van den Bruel, Jan Y. Verbakel

“…CRP and PCT have low accuracy for cystitis, but might be useful for pyelonephritis.…”
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The role of urological pathology in the development of terminal renal failure by Pavel A. Simonov, Mikhail A. Firsov, Daria A. Dunc, Eugene A. Bezrukov, Sergei V. Ivliev

“…The structure of the incidence of urological pathology is as follows: all patients somehow had signs of chronic pyelonephritis. Of 170 people, only 15% had primary chronic pyelonephritis as the main cause of end-stage CKD. …”
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IMPACTO EN EL CONSUMO DE AMIKACINA Y CEFTRIAXONA EN UNA UNIDAD DE EMERGENCIAS DE ADULTOS, LUEGO DE LA IMPLEMENTACIÓN DE UNA GUÍA PARA EL TRATAMIENTO DE LA INFECCIÓN URINARIA ALTA... by Rodrigo Cruz

“…A treatment guide was implemented for pyelonephritis. The guide was sent by WhatsApp to all clinicians in the emergency unit. …”
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Interdisciplinary approach to solving the problem of bacterial vulvovaginitis in girls with urinary tract infections by Yu. Yu. Chebotareva, Z. A. Kostoeva, G. M. Letifov

“…In order to improve the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial vulvovaginitis (VV) in preschool children with urinary tract diseases, we conducted the prospective controlled study of 86 patients aged 3–6 years, of which: group 1 (n = 21) – VV; group 2 (n = 20) – VV against the background of chronic pyelonephritis with exacerbation; group 3 (n = 20) – VV against the background of acute pyelonephritis; group 4 (n = 25) – VV with dismetabolic nephropathy. …”
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Elemental composition of solid dental deposits in patients with somatic pathology by R. V. Polyakova, N. A. Nikolaev, V. B. Nedoseko

“…Correlation analysis carried out in the ratio of chemical elements in dental plaque in patients with essential hypertension (EH), diabetes mellitus (DM) and chronic pyelonephritis (KP). In individuals with different somatic diseases established differences in the ratio of chemical elements in the dental plaque. …”
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Histological findings of ascending urinary tract infections in experimental rats caused by Proteus mirabilis by Al-Ani, Imad Matloub Dally, Al-Murayati, Hayder Y., Salman, Mohammad O., Ghani, Hameed M.

“…On the 1st and following weeks, tubular atrophy, interstitial fibrosis, and a mononuclear infiltrate had advanced in the renal parenchyma re-sulting in chronic pyelonephritis. The observed renal degenerations with a corresponding ascending bacterial infection in the intra-renal reflux suggest that Proteus mirabilis is capa-ble of producing chronic pyelonephritis in the rats after a single reflux challenge.…”
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Metabolic accompaniments of variants of uric acid exchange by Igor Bombushkar

“…Under an observations were 34 males (23-70 years) and 10 females (33-76 years) with chronic pyelonephritis in the phase of remission. The object of the study was serum and urine levels of uric acid as well as calcium, magnesium, phosphates, chloride, sodium, potassium, creatinine, urea and glucose. …”
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Effectiveness of antimicrobial drugs against planktonic and biofilm forms of bacteria isolated from children with urinary tract infections by A. A. Vodianyk, Yе. O. Hrechukha, K. H. Lopatko, V. A. Poniatovskyi, H. V. Hniloskurenko, I. O. Mitiuriaieva-Kornijko

“…The number of resistant strains of bacteria depends on the form of the urinary tract infection, in acute and chronic pyelonephritis the number of resistant strains is much greater than in infection of the lower urinary tract. …”
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Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections with Canephron^® in Germany: A Retrospective Database Analysis by Martina Höller, Hubert Steindl, Dimitri Abramov-Sommariva, Florian Wagenlehner, Kurt G. Naber, Karel Kostev

“…No significant differences were observed between the Canephron^® and antibiotic cohorts with regard to the likelihood of sick leave (OR: 0.99; 95% CI: 0.86–1.14), new antibiotic prescription within 1–30 days (OR: 1.01; 95% CI: 0.87–1.16), or occurrence of pyelonephritis (Hazard Ratio (HR): 1.00; 95% CI: 0.67–1.48). …”
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Characteristics of urinary tract infections in children up to 7 years of age by Biljana Milinković, Dejan Bokonjić, Bojan N. Joksimović, Vojo Kulić, Veselinka Šupić

“…Urinary tract infection (UTI) is defined as a presence of significant bacteriuria in a properly collected urine sample, followed by various clinical manifestations – from asymptomatic bacteriuria to acute pyelonephritis. It is most common in infancy and particularly in females. …”
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