Are blood cultures necessary in the management of women with complicated pyelonephritis?

Journal of Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-240

  Chen, Yael ^a   Nitzan, Orna ^a   Saliba, Walid ^a   Chazan, Bibiana ^a,b   Colodner, Raul ^a   Raz, Raul ^a,c  

^a HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Complicated pyelonephritis; Pyelonephritis; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 33748854614     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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