A 43-year-old male patient complains of right-sided abdominal and pain in the back in the right costovertebral angle region, fever, chills, dysuria, and nausea. On physical examination, there is a 102°F fever, tachycardia, and right costovertebral angle tenderness to percussion. The most likely condition is:

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The symptoms of fever, chills, dysuria, nausea, and especially the costovertebral angle tenderness in conjunction with a fever and tachycardia strongly suggest pyelonephritis, which is an infection of the kidney typically ascending from the lower urinary tract.

A 43-Year-Old Male Patient Complains of Right-Sided Abdominal and Pain