Approach to urinary tract infections

Indian Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 129-139

  Najar, M S ^a   Saldanha, C L ^a   Banday, K A ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acute urethral syndrome; Bacteriuria; Imaging studies; Low dose prophylaxis; Urinary tract infection; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METHENAMINE MANDELATE; NITROFURANTOIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANATOMY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIURIA; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; EVENING DOSAGE; FOREIGN BODY; GRAM STAINING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY INJURY; LEUKOCYTE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PROSTATITIS; PYURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; REINFECTION; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETHRA; URETHRITIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URODYNAMICS; UROGRAPHY; VAGINITIS;

EID: 77953375643     PISSN: 09714065     EISSN: 19983662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.59333     Document Type: Review

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