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Acute pyelonephritis

MedGen UID:
636072
Concept ID:
C0520575
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Acute kidney infection; Acute PN - pyelonephritis; Acute Pyelonephritis; acute pyelonephritis; APN - Acute pyelonephritis; pyelonephritis, acute
SNOMED CT: Acute PN - pyelonephritis (36689008); APN - Acute pyelonephritis (36689008); Acute kidney infection (36689008); Acute pyelonephritis (36689008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003529

Definition

Sudden onset pyelonephritis. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Hari P, Meena J, Kumar M, Sinha A, Thergaonkar RW, Iyengar A, Khandelwal P, Ekambaram S, Pais P, Sharma J, Kanitkar M, Bagga A; Indian Society of Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatr Nephrol 2024 May;39(5):1639-1668. Epub 2023 Oct 28 doi: 10.1007/s00467-023-06173-9. PMID: 37897526
Mattoo TK, Shaikh N, Nelson CP
Pediatrics 2021 Feb;147(2) doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-012138. PMID: 33479164
Ramakrishnan K, Scheid DC
Am Fam Physician 2005 Mar 1;71(5):933-42. PMID: 15768623

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ansaldi Y, Martinez de Tejada Weber B
Clin Microbiol Infect 2023 Oct;29(10):1249-1253. Epub 2022 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.08.015. PMID: 36031053
Kaye KS, Belley A, Barth P, Lahlou O, Knechtle P, Motta P, Velicitat P
JAMA 2022 Oct 4;328(13):1304-1314. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.17034. PMID: 36194218Free PMC Article
Mattoo TK, Shaikh N, Nelson CP
Pediatrics 2021 Feb;147(2) doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-012138. PMID: 33479164
Johnson JR, Russo TA
N Engl J Med 2018 Jan 4;378(1):48-59. doi: 10.1056/nejmcp1702758. PMID: 29298155
Morello W, La Scola C, Alberici I, Montini G
Pediatr Nephrol 2016 Aug;31(8):1253-65. Epub 2015 Aug 4 doi: 10.1007/s00467-015-3168-5. PMID: 26238274

Diagnosis

Mattoo TK, Shaikh N, Nelson CP
Pediatrics 2021 Feb;147(2) doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-012138. PMID: 33479164
Herness J, Buttolph A, Hammer NC
Am Fam Physician 2020 Aug 1;102(3):173-180. PMID: 32735433
Johnson JR, Russo TA
N Engl J Med 2018 Jan 4;378(1):48-59. doi: 10.1056/nejmcp1702758. PMID: 29298155
Morello W, La Scola C, Alberici I, Montini G
Pediatr Nephrol 2016 Aug;31(8):1253-65. Epub 2015 Aug 4 doi: 10.1007/s00467-015-3168-5. PMID: 26238274
Ramakrishnan K, Scheid DC
Am Fam Physician 2005 Mar 1;71(5):933-42. PMID: 15768623

Therapy

Ansaldi Y, Martinez de Tejada Weber B
Clin Microbiol Infect 2023 Oct;29(10):1249-1253. Epub 2022 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.08.015. PMID: 36031053
Kaye KS, Belley A, Barth P, Lahlou O, Knechtle P, Motta P, Velicitat P
JAMA 2022 Oct 4;328(13):1304-1314. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.17034. PMID: 36194218Free PMC Article
Mattoo TK, Shaikh N, Nelson CP
Pediatrics 2021 Feb;147(2) doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-012138. PMID: 33479164
Tullus K, Shaikh N
Lancet 2020 May 23;395(10237):1659-1668. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30676-0. PMID: 32446408
Johnson JR, Russo TA
N Engl J Med 2018 Jan 4;378(1):48-59. doi: 10.1056/nejmcp1702758. PMID: 29298155

Prognosis

Ansaldi Y, Martinez de Tejada Weber B
Clin Microbiol Infect 2023 Oct;29(10):1249-1253. Epub 2022 Aug 27 doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2022.08.015. PMID: 36031053
Yang SS, Tsai JD, Kanematsu A, Han CH
J Infect Chemother 2021 Nov;27(11):1543-1554. Epub 2021 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2021.07.014. PMID: 34391623
Mattoo TK, Shaikh N, Nelson CP
Pediatrics 2021 Feb;147(2) doi: 10.1542/peds.2020-012138. PMID: 33479164
Kyriazopoulou E, Liaskou-Antoniou L, Adamis G, Panagaki A, Melachroinopoulos N, Drakou E, Marousis K, Chrysos G, Spyrou A, Alexiou N, Symbardi S, Alexiou Z, Lagou S, Kolonia V, Gkavogianni T, Kyprianou M, Anagnostopoulos I, Poulakou G, Lada M, Makina A, Roulia E, Koupetori M, Apostolopoulos V, Petrou D, Nitsotolis T, Antoniadou A, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2021 Jan 15;203(2):202-210. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202004-1201OC. PMID: 32757963Free PMC Article
Fiorentino M, Pesce F, Schena A, Simone S, Castellano G, Gesualdo L
J Nephrol 2019 Oct;32(5):751-761. Epub 2019 Jan 28 doi: 10.1007/s40620-019-00585-3. PMID: 30689126

Clinical prediction guides

Dunne MW, Aronin SI, Das AF, Akinapelli K, Breen J, Zelasky MT, Puttagunta S
Clin Infect Dis 2023 Jan 6;76(1):78-88. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac704. PMID: 36068705Free PMC Article
Rius-Gordillo N, Ferré N, González JD, Ibars Z, Parada-Ricart E, Fraga MG, Chocron S, Samper M, Vicente C, Fuertes J, Escribano J; DEXCAR Study Group
Pediatr Nephrol 2022 Sep;37(9):2109-2118. Epub 2022 Jan 18 doi: 10.1007/s00467-021-05398-w. PMID: 35041042Free PMC Article
Herness J, Buttolph A, Hammer NC
Am Fam Physician 2020 Aug 1;102(3):173-180. PMID: 32735433
Zhanel GG, Esquivel J, Zelenitsky S, Lawrence CK, Adam HJ, Golden A, Hink R, Berry L, Schweizer F, Zhanel MA, Bay D, Lagacé-Wiens PRS, Walkty AJ, Lynch JP 3rd, Karlowsky JA
Drugs 2020 Feb;80(3):285-313. doi: 10.1007/s40265-020-01257-4. PMID: 31970713
Perez-Moreiras JV, Gomez-Reino JJ, Maneiro JR, Perez-Pampin E, Romo Lopez A, Rodríguez Alvarez FM, Castillo Laguarta JM, Del Estad Cabello A, Gessa Sorroche M, España Gregori E, Sales-Sanz M; Tocilizumab in Graves Orbitopathy Study Group
Am J Ophthalmol 2018 Nov;195:181-190. Epub 2018 Aug 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2018.07.038. PMID: 30081019

Recent systematic reviews

Smaill FM, Vazquez JC
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019 Nov 25;2019(11) doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000490.pub4. PMID: 31765489Free PMC Article
Neumann I, Moore P
BMJ Clin Evid 2014 Nov 4;2014 PMID: 25373019Free PMC Article
Eliakim-Raz N, Yahav D, Paul M, Leibovici L
J Antimicrob Chemother 2013 Oct;68(10):2183-91. Epub 2013 May 21 doi: 10.1093/jac/dkt177. PMID: 23696620
Leroy S, Fernandez-Lopez A, Nikfar R, Romanello C, Bouissou F, Gervaix A, Gurgoze MK, Bressan S, Smolkin V, Tuerlinckx D, Stefanidis CJ, Vaos G, Leblond P, Gungor F, Gendrel D, Chalumeau M
Pediatrics 2013 May;131(5):870-9. Epub 2013 Apr 29 doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-2408. PMID: 23629615
Neumann I, Moore P
BMJ Clin Evid 2011 Jan 13;2011 PMID: 21477395Free PMC Article

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