Mycoplasma hominis, a rare cause of acute pyelonephritis;Mycoplasma hominis. Ein seltener Erreger der akuten Pyelonephritis

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 122, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 542-544

  Kuchle C ^a   Abele Horn, M ^a   Menninger, M ^a,b   Held, E ^a   Heesemann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030998217     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1047651     Document Type: Article

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