Urinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-87

  Abrahamian, Fredrick M ^a,b   Moran, Gregory J ^a,b,c   Talan, David A ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERTAPENEM; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TIMENTIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROBIOLOGY; PYURIA; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 39449130437     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.10.002     Document Type: Review

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