Research Article
Urinary Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Serves as a Potential Biomarker for Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Acute Pyelonephritis
Table 2
Microbiological analysis of 39 patients with APN.
| | Invaded pathogensa | Number of cases (%) | Without AKI
() | With AKI
() |
| | Gram-negative bacteria | 24 (92) | 12 (92) | | E. coli | 17 (65) | 10 (77) | | Proteus mirabilis | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | | Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1 (4) | 2 (15) | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 3 (12) | 0 (0) | | Providencia stuartii | 1 (4) | 0 (0) | | Gram-positive bacteria | 2 (8) | 1 (8) | | Enterococcus species | 2 (8) | 0 (0) | | Coagulase-negative staphylococcus | 0 (0) | 1 (8) |
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Variables are expressed as a number (percentage). AKI: acute kidney injury.
aThe bacterial pathogens of APN were identified and proven as shown later.
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