The effects of methylene blue on renal scarring due to pyelonephritis in rats

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 992-1001

  Aksu, Burhan ^a   Inan, Mustafa ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Oz Puyan, Fulya ^a   Uzun, Hafize ^b   Durmus Altun, Gulay ^a   Gurcan, Saban ^a   Aydin, Seval ^b   Ayvaz, Suleyman ^a   Pul, Mehmet ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Methylene blue; Oxidative damage; Pyelonephritis; Renal scarring

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; KIDNEY SCAR; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RAT; RENAL PROTECTION; SCAR FORMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; CICATRIX; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KIDNEY; METHYLENE BLUE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 34250021645     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0464-8     Document Type: Article

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