A 28-year-old female client presents to the emergency department with a temperature of 102.4°F.She states that she began experiencing frequency and burning upon urination yesterday and in the middle of the night woke up with the fever and chills.She also states that her back is hurting.These symptoms describe what type of infection?

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The symptoms described by the client (fever, chills, back pain, and dysuria) are indicative of an acute pyelonephritis, a bacterial infection of the kidneys.

A 28-Year-Old Female Client Presents to the Emergency Department with a Temperature