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Distention of KIDNEY with the presence of PUS and suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma. It is often associated with renal obstruction and can lead to total or nearly total loss of renal function.
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- Hydronephrosis, Infected
- Infected Hydronephrosis
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2007; use PYELONEPHRITIS 1984-2006
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- National Library of Medicine. Pyonephrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053018. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053018
- Pyonephrosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyonephrosis
- Pyonephrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1047294