ACUTE NONOBSTRUCTIVE PYELONEPHRITIS: OCCURRENCE OF BACTERIURIA AFTER APPARENT RECOVERY
Authors: D S DOCK, L B GUZE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 April 1959ACUTE NONOBSTRUCTIVE PYELONEPHRITIS: OCCURRENCE OF BACTERIURIA AFTER APPARENT RECOVERYDONALD S. DOCK, M.D., LUCIEN B. GUZE, M.D.DONALD S. DOCK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, LUCIEN B. GUZE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-4-936 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough it is generally believed that acute pyelonephritis may be the forerunner of serious chronic renal disease, the statistical relationships and intervening events are largely unknown. Kass has demonstrated that asymptomatic bacteriuria not infrequently exists in adults.1Furthermore, a correlation has been found between the occurrence of bacteriuria and the finding of pyelonephritis at autopsy.2It seemed desirable, therefore, to carry out a follow-up study on patients treated for acute episodes of pyelonephritis to determine whether, after subsidence of the manifestations of acute illness, the urine continued to contain significant numbers of bacteria, indicating continued subclinical activity of the infectious...Bibliography1. Kass EH: Asymptomatic infections of the urinary tract, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 69: 59-64, 1956. Google Scholar2. MacDonaldLevitinMalloryKass RAHGKEH: Relation between pyelonephritis and bacterial counts in the urine, New England J. Med. 256: 915-922, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MerrittSanford ADJP: Evaluation of the usefulness of "sterile-voided" urine cultures in the female: a comparative study of 100 hospitalized female patients (abstract), Clin. Res. Proc. 5: 116, 1957. Google Scholar4. PilkingtonElekJewell TRSDP: The action of six antibiotics singly and in combination on enterococci isolated from cases of subacute bacterial endocarditis, J. Lab. and Clin. Med. 47: 562-572, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. Goppert F: Über die Erkrankungen der Harnwege in Kinderalter, Ergebn. d. inn. Med. u. Kinderh. 2: 30, 1908. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Box CR: Certain bacterial infections of the urinary tract in childhood, Lancet 1: 77, 1908. Google Scholar7. WhartonGrayGuild LRLAHG: The late effects of acute pyelitis in girls, J. A. M. A. 109: 1597, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. GarrodShooterCurwen LPRAMP: The results of chemotherapy in urinary infections, Brit. M. J. 2: 1003-1008, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication January 6, 1958.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.†Supported by grants from the U. S. Public Health Service (E-967(C)), and Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Donald S. Dock, M.D., Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, 721 Huntington Avenue, Boston 15, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byE. coli und Proteus-InfektionenPyelonephritis und chronische interstitielle NephritisKlinische Methoden der morphologischen und funktionellen NierendiagnostikThe incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria and pyuria in infancyKlinik der akuten und chronischen PyelonephritisAn Aftermath of PyelonephritisThe Development and Character of Bacteriuria in Pregnancy Experience with a Nonindigent PopulationARNOLD S. MONTO, M.D., LOWELL A. RANTZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Urinary-Tract Infections in SchoolchildrenPyelonephritis as a cause of hypertension∗URETHRAL CATHETER AS A CAUSE OF URINARY-TRACT INFECTION IN PREGNANCY AND PUERPERIUMChronic pyelonephritisPyelonephritisInapparent and Subclinical Pyelonephritis 1 April 1959Volume 50, Issue 4Page: 936-941KeywordsBacteriaEscherichia coliMedical servicesPyelonephritisRenal diseasesUrinary tract infectionsUrine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...