Acute and chronic urinary infection: present concepts and controversies.
The current approaches to diagnosing the various renal inflammatory diseases are briefly reviewed. Terminology is varyingly used by different individuals. Our current understanding of these disease processes is discussed in an effort to review the current status of both the mundane and the esoteric infections of the kidney.
D000038:Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000208:Acute Disease; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006099:Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009393:Nephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography