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
Kidney diseases are so interrelated, Dr. Luckey noted, that a patient who has had any one of them is predisposed to infections that cause pyelonephritis.
From Time Magazine Archive
In cases of infection due to streptococcus viridans, and in cases of pyelonephritis failures have been recorded.
From Time Magazine Archive
Doctor, what's been your experience with unilateral pyelonephritis?
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
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