Assertion: acute pyelonephritis | /r/Causes | some scarring of the kidney
Facets:
value: characteristically
type: MANNER
value: with each infection
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Acute pyelonephritis is a potentially organ- and/or life-threatening infection that characteristically causes some scarring of the kidney with each infection and may lead to significant damage to the kidney (any given episode), kidney failure, abscess formation (eg, nephric, perinephric), sepsis, or sepsis syndrome/shock/multiorgan system failure.