title: Infectious and inflammatory diseases of the kidney.
abstract: Although the most common renal infection, acute pyelonephritis, can typically be diagnosed on clinical and laboratory examinations, radiologic studies play a role in evaluating for complications and in examining the high-risk patient for more serious complications and atypical infections. It is imperative that the radiologist be familiar with renal infections beyond the common acute pyelonephritis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North Saint Clair, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. nhammond@nmff.org
authors.forename: Nancy A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nikolaidis
authors.forename: Frank H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004646:Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011704:Pyelonephritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011705:Pyelonephritis, Xanthogranulomatous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D053018:Pyonephrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014398:Tuberculosis, Renal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media