pyelonephritis
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Billy’s official death record states he died of pyelonephritis, a urinary tract infection that affects one or both kidneys, according to niece Ida Cummings of Washington, D.C.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2016
I sat on the chair in my surgical gown, surveyed the table of swabs and sample pots, and flicked through a leaflet about a urinary tract infection called pyelonephritis.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 3, 2014
In many cases, pyelonephritis persists over many years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the inflammation usually involves other parts of the kidney as well, it is given the more inclusive name of pyelonephritis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doctor, what's been your experience with unilateral pyelonephritis?
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
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