The clinical spectrum of acute 'uncomplicated' pyelonephritis from an emergency medicine perspective

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 31, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 46-53

  Piccoli, Barbara G ^a   Cresto, Elena ^a   Ragni, Francesca ^a   Veglio, Valerio ^a   Scarpa, Roberto Mario ^a   Frascisco, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; Emergency medicine; Imaging data; Uncomplicated UTI; Urine cultures

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 38349010479     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.09.017     Document Type: Article

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