Acute pyelonephritis in adults: A case series of 223 patients

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3488-3493

  Rollino, Cristiana ^a   Beltrame, Giulietta ^a   Ferro, Michela ^a   Quattrocchio, Giacomo ^a   Sandrone, Manuela ^a   Quarello, Francesco ^a  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

acute pyelonephritis; renal abscess; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ABSCESS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYURIA; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; URINE CULTURE;

ABSCESS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYELONEPHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865741138     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfr810     Document Type: Article

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