| pyelonephritis |
inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis because of bacterial infection; it begins in the interstitial tissues (interstitial nephritis) and rapidly extends to involve the tubules (tubulointerstitial nephritis), glomeruli (glomerulonephritis), and then the renal blood vessels.
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