Bacterial ecology of acute obstructive pyelonephritis
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Acute Pyelonephritis
Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com function. A complicated pyelonephritis is said to be present when it occurs in a patient with a structural or functional abnormality of the genitourinary tract and it leads to increase in the risk of unsuccessful treatment. In the United States there are approximately 250,000 cases of acute pyelonephritis each year, resulting in more than 100,000 ho...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Urology Open Science
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2666-1683
DOI: 10.1016/s2666-1683(20)33589-8