Author/Editor		Hojs, Radovan
Title		Akutni pielonefritis - vzroki, patogeneza in klinična slika
Translated title		Acute pyelonephritis - etiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations
Type		članek
Source		In: Hojs R, Krajnc I, editors. Zbornik predavanj in praktikum 10. srečanje internistov in zdravnikov splošne medicine Iz prakse za prakso z mednarodno udeležbo; 1999 maj 21-22; Maribor. Maribor: Spošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year		1999
Volume		str. 35-44
Language		slo
Abstract		Urinary tract infections are common, ranking in frequency of occurrence with respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. The reasons are to be found in a complex interaction between microbial virulence factors and host resistance mechanisms. Pyelonephritis means inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, most common bacterial. The most important causes of urinary tract infections are Enterobacteriacecae (among them Escherichia coli) and Enterococcus faecalis, accounting for more than 95 % of all urinary tract infections in all population groups. Acute pyelonephritis is more common ascending infection resulting from ascension of organisms from the urethra into the bladder and then by the ureter to kidney, less frequently it is hematogenous infection. The clinical manifestations of acute pyelonephritis are fever, chills, back and loin pain, often with colicky abdominal pain, nausea and/or vomiting. The onset is commonly acute and may or may not be preceded by bladder symptoms.
Descriptors		PYELONEPHRITIS TUBERCULOSIS, RENAL ACUTE DISEASE