What is the term for ascending bacterial infection of the renal pelvis, tubules, and interstitium causing costovertebral angle tenderness, fever, chills, dysuria, frequency, and urgency?

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1. What is the term for ascending bacterial infection of the renal pelvis, tubules, and interstitium causing costovertebral angle tenderness, fever, chills, dysuria, frequency, and urgency?