A syndrome caused by infection of the renal parenchyma and/or renal pelvis, often producing localized flank/back pain combined with systemic symptoms, such as fever, chills, nausea a...
In adults: Fever; flank pain; nausea ± vomiting; malaise, anorexia, myalgia; dysuria, urinary frequency, urgency; suprapubic discomfort; mental status changes (older adults)
In infants...
≤7 days of treatment is equivalent to longer regimens in adults (including those with bacteremia) without urogenital abnormalities (1)[A].
IV antibiotics for inpatients who are toxic appeari...
N12 Tubulo-interstitial nephritis, not spcf as acute or chronic
N10 Acute tubulo-interstitial nephritis
N11.9 Chronic tubulo-interstitial nephritis, unspecified
N11.8 Other chronic tubulo-inte...
Urine culture is helpful for targeting antibiotic therapy and should be obtained when possible.
The most common causes of poor response to treatment are antibiotic resistance and coexis...
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