Toward a simple diagnostic index for acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 442-451

  Knottnerus, Bart J ^a   Geerlings, Suzanne E ^a   Moll van Charante, Eric P ^a   ter Riet, Gerben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostic testing; Infectious disease; Urinary tract problems

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS; URINE; VAGINITIS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; URINARY TRACT PROBLEMS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NITRITES; PAIN; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION DISORDERS; URINE; VAGINITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883776343     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1513     Document Type: Article

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