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Aetiology

Last reviewed dd mmm yyyy. Last edited dd mmm yyyy

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Causes include:

  • secondary to ascending urinary tract infection - occurs most commonly when an abnormality causes ureteric reflux or stasis eg ureteric obstruction.
  • pathology in the kidney itself eg renal stones, pelvi-ureteric obstruction
  • haematogenous infection eg as a complication of septicaemia (often by gram-ve Bacillus)

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