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The authors report on 48 patients with calculous pyelonephritis. Urinary obstruction was caused by renal calculi in 21 patients and ureteral calculi in 27. Urine cultures were positive in 87.5% and bacteremia was seen in 70%. The common organisms in urine and blood culture wereE. coli, Proteus and Klebsiella. Septic shock occurred in 10 (20.8%) out of 48 patients. Calculous pyelonephritis with urinary obstruction is a very serious condition.
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Koga, S., Arakaki, Y., Matsuoka, M. et al. Calculous pyelonephritis. International Urology and Nephrology 24, 109–112 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549636
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