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Pyelonephritis is defined as bacterial infection of the kidney and upper urinary tract. Both acute and chronic forms occur and are often accompanied by urinary tract obstruction which is itself associated with a twenty-fold increased incidence of pyelonephritis.
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Risdon, R.A., Turner, D.R. (1980). Renal Infection. In: Atlas of Renal Pathology. Current Histopathology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8689-3_5
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