Pyelonephritis Flashcards
Kidney
1
Q
What is the most common organism that causes pyelonephritis?
A
E. Coli by 90%
2
Q
What is pyelonephritis?
A
It’s a bacterial infection of 1 or both kidneys.
It can be from ascending UTI infection or from bacteria in the blood
3
Q
What are the S&S for pyelonephritis? And how to diagnose? How to treat it ?
A
Chills, fever, flank, back pain and nausea, vomiting
Diagnosis by blood, urine test
💊 antibiotics
4
Q
What’s the organism that is commonly ass. With bacterimic spread from distant focus in acute pyelonephritis?
A
Staphylococcus aureus ( eg. Staphylococcal skin infection can spread to the kidneys through the bloodstream
5
Q
Numerous Neutrophils in tubules are seen in ………?
A
Acute Pyelonephritis
