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  2. Pyelonephritis - Wikipedia

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    Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the kidney, typically due to a bacterial infection. [3] Symptoms most often include fever and flank tenderness. [2] Other symptoms may include nausea, burning with urination, and frequent urination. [2] Complications may include pus around the kidney, sepsis, or kidney failure. [3]

  3. Costovertebral angle tenderness - Wikipedia

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    [5] [4] [6] [7] CVA tenderness may be present in patients who have a kidney stone, [8] [7] a stone in the ureter, [8] a ureteropelvic junction obstruction, [8] a kidney abscess, [8] a urinary tract infection, [9] and vesicoureteral reflux. [10] CVA tenderness is also present in patients who have retrocecal appendicitis and retroperitoneal ...

  4. Melioidosis - Wikipedia

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    Melioidosis is an infectious disease caused by a gram-negative bacterium called Burkholderia pseudomallei. [1] Most people exposed to B. pseudomallei experience no symptoms; however, those who do experience symptoms have signs and symptoms that range from mild, such as fever and skin changes, to severe with pneumonia, abscesses, and septic shock that could cause death. [1]

  5. Assessment of kidney function - Wikipedia

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    The glomerular filtration rate (GFR) describes the volume of fluid filtered from the renal (kidney) glomerular capillaries into the Bowman's capsule per unit time. [3] Creatinine clearance (C Cr ) is the volume of blood plasma that is cleared of creatinine per unit time and is a useful measure for approximating the GFR.

  6. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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    Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure (ARF), [12] [13] is a rapidly progressive loss of renal function, [14] generally characterized by oliguria (decreased urine production, quantified as less than 400 mL per day in adults, [15] less than 0.5 mL/kg/h in children or less than 1 mL/kg/h in infants); and fluid and ...

  7. Anaerobic infection - Wikipedia

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    Repeated aspirations of an abscess are preferable in those with multiple abscesses or when the abscess is located in a predominate brain site. Administration of antimicrobials in a high-dose for an extended period of time can offer an alternative treatment strategy in this type of patients and may substitute for surgical evacuation of an abscess.