Urinary tract infections

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-61

  Bass III, Pat F ^a   Jarvis, Jo Ann W ^a   Mitchell, Charlene K ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PEFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RUFLOXACIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIURIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY ABSCESS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0037358828     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(02)00057-X     Document Type: Review

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