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pyelonephritis definition

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infection of the renal pelvis ,calyces, tubules and intersititium

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pyelonephritis can be

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acute or chronic

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pyelonephritis is a type of

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upper urinary tract infection

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acute pyelonephritis is most often caused by an

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ascending infection from bacteria that has colonised the urethra and the bladder

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most common pathogen causing pyelonephritis

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E.coli

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other pathogens causing pyelonephritis

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pseudomonas and strep faecalis

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risk factors for pyelonephritis

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  • female sex
  • sexual intercourse
  • indwelling catheters
  • diabetes mellitus
  • urinary tract obstruction: calculus, strictures and neoplasms
  • vesico- ureteral reflux
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vesico-urethral reflux is caused by

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failure of the vesicle-ureteric orifice (which is the one way valve which allows urine to flow from the ureter into the bladder but stops urine flowing from the bladder back into the urethra)

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causes of VUR

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primary congenital defect or a bladder outlet obstruction

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pyelonephritis can also occur due to

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haematogenous spread but this is more rare and is a consequence of bacteraemia from sepsis or infective endocarditis

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acute pyelonephritis is usually

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unilateral, bacteria adhere to the renal epithelium of the tubules which triggers an inflammatory response
chemokines attract neutrophils to the renal intersitium ( typically the glomeruli and the vessels of the kidney are spared) as neutrophils die-off they pass through the urinary tract to be excreted in the urine

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in acute pyelonephritis urinalysis shows

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increased white cell count and white cell casts

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presentation of acute pyelonephritis

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fever, nausea, vomiting, flank pain at the cost-vertebral angle

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costo-vertebral angle is the

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acute angle formed on either side of the human back between the twelfth rib and vertebral column

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treatment of acute pyelonephritis

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antibioticsand fluids

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chronic pyelonephritis

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recurrent episodes of acute pyelonephritis causes the kidneys to become visibly scarred at which point it is called chronic pyelonephritis

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acute and chronic pyelonephritis are type of

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upper urinary tract infections

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most common risk factor for recurrent acute pyelonephritis and therefore acute pyelonephritis is

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vesico-ureteral reflux

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VUR can be

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caused by a primariy congenital defected or caused by a bladder outlet obstruction

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a bladder outlet obstruction causes

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increased pressure within the bladder and causes urinary stasis making bacterial adherence easier

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bilateral obstruction affects

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both kidneys and is caused by blockage of the urethra

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causes of blockage of the urethra

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  • posterior urethral valve
  • benign prostatic hyperplasia
  • cervical carcinoma
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recurrent episodes of acute pyelonephritis causes

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the renal intersitium to undergo fibrosis and scarring and causes atrophy of the renal tubules

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the changes in chronic pyelonephritis generally affect

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the superior and inferior poles of the kidneys

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on imaging

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ie a CT urogram the renal calyxes become flattened

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on histology

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some tubules may be dilated and filled with colloid

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tuberculous pyelonephritis

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haematogenonus spread from the lung caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis

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presentation of tuberculous pyelonephritis is

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vague with symptoms of weight loss, fever, loin pain, dysuria, sterile pyuria

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sterile pyuria

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elevated numbers of white cell in the urine which appeared sterile using standard future techniques

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what is seen in tuberculous pyelonephritis

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caseous foci which is slow growth with progressive renal destruction which spreads to ureters, bladder and other viscera

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what type of granuloma is seen in tuberculous pyeloneprhtis

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caseous granulomatous inflammation which is ziehl nelson stain positive

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cystitis

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acute inflammation of the bladder but can become necrotising is associated with a bladder outlet obstruction

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common organisms seen in cystitis

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E.coli, Klebsiella, proteus, pseudomonas

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cystitis cystica is also known as

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urethritis cystica

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urethritis cystica is a

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benign condition of the ureters representing multiple small submucosal cysts

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urethritis cystica is common in who

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diabetics with recurrent UTIs

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schistosomiasis

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parasitic disease caused by flukes (trematodes) of the genus shistosoma

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schistosomiasis is most common where

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in tropical countries

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what is the type of schistosomiasis which causes urinary schistosomiasis

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s. hematobium

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schistosomiasis predisposes to what

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urothelial malignancy particularly squamous carcinoma

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urinary tract obstruction is usually a

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urethral obstruction which is confined to males and causes include strictures, posterior urethral valves, prostatic disease

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prolonged bladder outlet obstruction causes

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hypertrophy of the detrusor muscle leading to the formation of diverticulum

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hydronephrotsis literally means

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water in the kidney

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hydronephrosis causes

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urinary tract obstruction and reflux

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bilateral hydronephrosis caused by

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  • urethral obstruction, neurogenic disturbance, VUR, bilateral ureteric obstruction (e.g advanced carcinoma of the cervix)
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unilateral hydronephrosis caused by

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calculi, neoplasms, pelvics-ureteric obstruction, strictures

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presentation of hydronephrosis

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  • if sudden and there is a complete obstruction urein production will cease and there is little pelicalyceal dilation
  • if gradual and there is a partial obstruction urine production will continue but there will be pelvicalyceal dilation
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if hydronephrosis is severe

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there will be marked cortical thinning, atrophy and fibrosis and secondary infection often follows urinary stasis (pyonephrosis)