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This case study presents a 58-year-old female patient admitted to the emergency department with complaints of severe back pain, dysuria, fever, chills, and urinary urgency. Her physical exam revealed costovertebral angle tenderness and a fever of 101.2F. Diagnostic tests showed increasing levels of white blood cells and presence of E. coli in her urinalysis, confirming a diagnosis of pyelonephritis, a severe urinary tract infection that has spread from her bladder to her kidneys. The case study aims to aid

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