Fosfomycin for management of persistent female lower urinary tract infection
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Management of urinary tract infection.
The urinary tract is a common site for bacterial infection in childhood. Population screening for bacteriuria has revealed a slight male preponderance in the neonatal period, but thereafter it is more prevalent in girls, becoming as much as 50 times more common by the age of 5 years. Follow up of asymptomatic bacteriuria in schoolgirls has failed to show any convincing evidence that its discove...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Urology Annals
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0974-7796
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.243209