Combined effect of clarithromycin and imipenem/cilastatin against urinary biofilm infection after pyeloplasty

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 228-230

  Furuhata, Masayuki ^a,b   Iwamura, Masatsugu ^a   Baba, Shiro ^a   Inoue, Matsuhisa ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clarithromycin; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pyeloplasty; Urinary biofilm infections

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CLARITHROMYCIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LITHOTOMY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYELOPLASTY; PYURIA; RECURRENT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; URETER STRICTURE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; BIOFILMS; CILASTATIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; PYELONEPHRITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0038146979     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0919-8172.2003.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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