Emphysematous urinary tract infections: Diagnosis, treatment and survival (case review series)

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-116

  Mokabberi, Rasoul ^a   Ravakhah, Keyvan ^a  

^a Huron Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystitis; Pyelitis; Pyelonephritis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTITIS; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMATOUS URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INSULIN TREATMENT; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY CYST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHRECTOMY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHARYNGITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; SEPTIC SHOCK; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33847022282     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200702000-00009     Document Type: Article

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