Urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria in renal transplant recipients

Journal of Global Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-389

  Yacoub, Rabi ^a   Akl, Nader ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Graft survival; Renal transplantation; Screening; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BASILIXIMAB; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; NORFLOXACIN; PLACEBO; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84855176584     PISSN: 0974777X     EISSN: 09748245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-777X.91064     Document Type: Article

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