Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) : Complications
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Chronic or recurrent urinary tract infection - defined as at least twoinfections in 6 months or at least three in 1 year; Complicated UTI; Kidney infection.
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A birth that occurs before the 37th week of gestation A birth that occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy is considered premature. Although researchers have long sought a way to prevent premature birth, an estimated 9% of infants are still born prematurely, costing the United States billions of dollars in health care expenditures annually.
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Pyelonephritis is an infection of the kidney and the ducts that carry urine away from the kidney (ureters.
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Pyelonephritis is an inflammation of the kidney and upper urinary tract that usually results from noncontagious bacterial infection of the bladder ( cystitis ). Acute pyelonephritis is most common in adult females but can affect people of either sex and any age.
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