Acute focal bacterial nephritis is associated with invasive diagnostic procedures - a cohort of 138 cases extracted through a systematic review

Table 4 Treatment and interventions

Treatment/Invasive procedures	% (n)	References
(Intravenous) antibiotic therapy	99.3 (137)	Table 1 (all)
Arteriography	13.8 (19)	[1, 4, 8–10, 16, 17, 27, 43, 44]
Percutaneous puncture	12.3 (17)	[2, 7–9, 12, 22, 23, 26–28, 30, 44]
Surgical exploration	5.1 (7)	[4, 8, 17, 28]
Partial or radical nephrectomy	4.4 (6)	[1–4]
Ureteral stenting/stone extraction following ureterolithiasis	1.5 (2)	[4, 16]

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