Although acute pyelonephritis is common in women, few controlled trials have been done to assess the optimum duration of therapy for this infection. To provide more data, researchers in Sweden ...

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 ...

The anatomical diagnoses were diabetes mellitus, as evidenced by the clinical findings and glycogen nephrosis, acute pyelonephritis, with necrotizing papillitis, a healing abscess over the left ...

Current guidelines recommend that children with acute pyelonephritis are initially treated with a parenteral third-generation cephalosporin such as ceftriaxone, and then oral antibiotics.