N16

Applicable To

• Pyelonephritis

• Tubulo-interstitial nephritis

Clinical Information

• A disorder characterized by an infectious process involving the kidney.

• An acute or chronic inflammatory process affecting the kidney. It is caused by bacteria and in most cases it is the result of a urinary tract infection. Signs and symptoms include fever, chills, flank pain, painful and frequent urination, cloudy or bloody urine, and confusion.

• Inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis due to infection.

• Inflammation of the kidney involving the renal parenchyma the nephrons); kidney pelvis; and kidney calices. It is characterized by abdominal pain; fever; nausea; vomiting; and occasionally diarrhea.