Managing urinary tract infection in women

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 30-32

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AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIURIA; CATHETER INFECTION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PYELONEPHRITIS; SHORT SURVEY; SYMPTOM; URETHRA DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0031945402     PISSN: 00126543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/dtb.1998.36430     Document Type: Short Survey

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