A prospective descriptive study on the practice of management of urinary tract infections by general pratictioners in Italy: Epidemiology (Part I)

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 88-92

  Bosisio, Virginio ^a   Stella, Roberto ^a   Castagna, Stefano ^b   Marchetti, Federico ^b  

^a Societa Naz Aggiornamento Medico I   (Italy)

^b GSK   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bacterial pathogens; General pratictioner; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0038713358     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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