The role of asymptomatic bacteriuria in young women with recurrent urinary tract infections: To treat or not to treat?

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 771-777

  Cai, Tommaso ^a   Mazzoli, Sandra ^b   Mondaini, Nicola ^c   Meacci, Francesca ^b   Nesi, Gabriella ^d   D'Elia, Carolina ^a   Malossini, Gianni ^a   Boddi, Vieri ^e   Bartoletti, Riccardo ^c  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Department of Urology ^*  (Italy)

^d Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN TROMETAMOL; LEVOFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELONEPHRITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT INFECTION; SERRATIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865460044     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis534     Document Type: Article

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