Empiric breakpoints of antimicrobial agents in urinary tract infections

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 128-134

  Arakawa, Soichi ^a   Matsui, Takashi ^a   Miyazaki, Shigenori ^a   Hara, Isao ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a   Gohji, Kazuo ^a   Okada, Hiroshi ^a   Teranishi, Takashi ^b   Kamidono, Sadao ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agent; Empiric breakpoint; ROC analysis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144509812     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02491514     Document Type: Article

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