Common errors in diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection. I: Pathophysiology and diagnostic techniques

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2746-2753

  Franz, Martina ^a   Hörl, Walter H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; SYMPTOM; TEST STRIP; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0033281692     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/14.11.2746     Document Type: Article

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