32. Purulent nephritis and pyelonephritis Flashcards
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purulent nephritis ascending or descending?
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descending
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purulent nephritis caused how
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bacteriamic embolus
(patho either in blood alone as a group of bact or in a thrombus then part detaches –> embolism)
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pathogens causing purulent nephritis
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- actinobacillus equuli
- erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
- actinomyces pyogenes
- corynbacterium pseudotuberculosis (sheep)
- francisella tularensis (rabbit)
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abcess formation in purulent nephritis
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small & increase numbers of nephritis
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purulenta punctate in purulent nephritis
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large & decreased numbers of nephritis apostematosa
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pyelonephritis def
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inflammation of pelvis and kidney
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pyelonephritis ascending or descending
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ascending
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pyelonephritis features
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exsudate accumulation in pelvis
tubulo-interstitial inflammation
pyonephros
asymmetric depo of fibrotic tissue
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predisposing factors of pyelonephritis
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- urocystitis
- stasis of urine
- dev. anomalies
- vesico-ureteral reflux
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pathogens of pyelonephritis
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- E.coli, enterobacter, pseudomonas, proteus
- Corynebacterium renale (contagious bovine pyelonephritis)
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embolic suppurative nephritis
