A client is admitted with a high fever accompanied by chills.The client complains of costovertebral pain, but denies dysuria, urgency, or frequency.The diagnosis is pyelonephritis related to pathogens present in the blood.How would the nurse classify this urinary tract infection?

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The diagnosis of pyelonephritis related to pathogens present in the blood indicates a hematogenous spread, meaning the infection reached the kidneys through the bloodstream rather than ascending from the lower urinary tract.

A Client Is Admitted with a High Fever Accompanied by Chills.The