Diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis with recent trends in management

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3391-3394

  Abraham, Georgi ^a   Reddy, Yuvaram N V ^a   George, Gautam ^a  

^a MADRAS MEDICAL MISSION HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; NITROFURANTOIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ABSCESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84865773622     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfs327     Document Type: Note

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