Management of urinary tract infections in female general practice patients

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-77

  Hummers Pradier, Eva ^a   Ohse, Ann Marit ^a   Koch, Matthias ^b   Heizmann, Wolfgang R ^c   Kochen, Michael M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Medical Partnership Wagner   (Germany)

^c Inst for Microbiology/Infectiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents therapeutic use; Family practice; Female; Physician's practice patterns; Sensitivity and specificity; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITRITE; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PROTEUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 14644433777     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh720     Document Type: Article

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