Linda M. Dairiki Shortliffe
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Effect of urinary tract infection on ureteropelvic junction obstruction in a rat model.
Urology. 2003; (4): 858-63
When a partially obstructed kidney becomes infected, more rapid and extreme renal parenchymal damage appears to occur than might result from either infection or obstruction alone. Previously, we showed that either bacteriuria or partial obstruction in congenital unilateral hydronephrosis causes elevated renal pelvic pressures in a rat model. In this same model, we examined the combined effects of partial upper tract obstruction and bacteriuria on renal pelvic and bladder pressures.
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