The necessity of prophylactic antibiotics during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 517-521

  Deliveliotis, Ch ^a   Giftopoulos, A ^a   Koutsokalis, G ^a   Raptidis, G ^a   Kostakopoulos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0030726658     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02552193     Document Type: Article

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