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This study stresses the dangers of uncritical antibiotic treatment of acute purulent pyelonephritis. It may make the clinical picture atypical, prevent early diagnosis and timely operation, give rise to septicaemia and shock, as confirmed in the literature and by own observations. The incidence of complications (septicaemia, uraemia, septicaemic shock) and the mortality rate (31%) were strikingly high in the 77 cases of acute purulent nephritis with previous antibiotic treatment in the past 3 years. Early diagnosis and timely surgical intervention improve the therapeutic results.
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Szendrői, Z., Sacca, S., Rózsa, L. et al. Problems in atypical purulent pyelonephritis. International Urology and Nephrology 4, 13–19 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02081888
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