Betaines and urinary tract infections

Nephron

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Chambers, S T ^a   Lever, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETAINE; GLYCINE; PROLINE; UREA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0029738756     PISSN: 16608151     EISSN: 22353186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000189274     Document Type: Article

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