CONCEPTS OF PYELONEPHRITIS: EXPERIENCE WITH RENAL BIOPSIES AND LONG-TERM CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS
Authors: G G JACKSON, K P POIRIER, H G GRIEBLE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 December 1957CONCEPTS OF PYELONEPHRITIS: EXPERIENCE WITH RENAL BIOPSIES AND LONG-TERM CLINICAL OBSERVATIONSGEORGE GEE JACKSON, K. PETER POIRIER, HANS G. GRIEBLEGEORGE GEE JACKSONSearch for more papers by this author, K. PETER POIRIERSearch for more papers by this author, HANS G. GRIEBLESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-6-1165 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe differentiation of pyelonephritis from the causes of Bright's disease, and the concepts of its pathogenesis, course and sequelae, constitute serial advances in our understanding of the nature of urinary tract infections.1-6These classic works still leave large areas where further knowledge is desirable. Most of the previous data have been derived only from autopsies, and the clinical correlations have been retrospective. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Presented in part as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-eighth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, April 12, 1957.From the University of Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals and the Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Illinois.Requests for reprints should be addressed to George Gee Jackson, M.D., University of Illinois College of Medicine, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago 12, Illinois. 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