Acute Kidney Injury USMLE Step 1 Practice Question
A 29 year old woman presents with fever, chills, nausea, and left flank pain. She has a history of recurrent urinary tract infections. Temperature is 39.1 C and costovertebral angle tenderness is present. Urinalysis shows white blood cell casts and positive leukocyte esterase. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?
Answer choices
- ACystitis
- BNephrolithiasis
- CAcute pyelonephritisCorrect answer
- DMinimal change disease
- ERenal artery stenosis
- FXanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis from chronic obstruction
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