Diagnosis and Management of Urinary Tract Infection and Pyelonephritis

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 539-552

  Lane, David R ^a   Takhar, Sukhjit S ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystitis; Pyelonephritis; Urinary

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFDINIR; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPODOXIME PROXETIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN TROMETAMOL; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LONG ACTING DRUG; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; PHENAZOPYRIDINE; PIVMECILLINAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY ABSCESS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYONEPHROSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 79960481936     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2011.04.001     Document Type: Review

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