The role of imaging in adult acute urinary tract infection

Imaging is required in only a minority of patients with urinary tract infection. Some patients who present with severe loin pain are imaged because ureteric colic is suspected. If urinary tract infection does not respond normally to antibiotics, imaging is undertaken to check for evidence of renal o...

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Published in:European radiology 1997, Vol.7 (6), p.837-843
Main Author: Webb, J A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adult
Humans
Infections
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Kidney Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography
Urinary Tract Infections - diagnostic imaging
Urogenital system
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Summary:Imaging is required in only a minority of patients with urinary tract infection. Some patients who present with severe loin pain are imaged because ureteric colic is suspected. If urinary tract infection does not respond normally to antibiotics, imaging is undertaken to check for evidence of renal obstruction or sepsis. Finally, after the acute infection has been treated, imaging is required in some patients to check for factors pre-disposing to renal damage or to relapsing or recurrent infection. This review discusses the appropriate choice of imaging technique to use in each clinical situation and summarises the expected findings.
ISSN:0938-7994
1432-1084
DOI:10.1007/s003300050215