Acute pyelonephritis can have serious complications

Practitioner

Volumn 254, Issue 1728, 2010, Pages 19-24

  Shields, Joanne ^a   Maxwell, Alexander P ^a  

^a Regional Nephrology Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954752383     PISSN: 00326518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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