Acute pyelonephritis: Analysis of 52 cases

Renal Failure

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 601-608

  Rollino, Cristiana ^a   Boero, Roberto ^a   Ferro, Michela ^a   Anglesio, Alessandra ^a   Vaudano, Giacomo Paolo ^a   Cametti, Alberto ^a   Borsa, Simona ^a   Beltrame, Giulietta ^a   Quattrocchio, Giacomo ^a   Quarello, Francesco ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; CT scan; Renal abscess

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ITALY; KIDNEY ABSCESS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; URINE CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036382719     PISSN: 0886022X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JDI-120013963     Document Type: Article

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