Should we treat asymptomatic bacteriuria after renal transplantation?
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Should we treat asymptomatic bacteriuria after renal transplantation?
Infections remain a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the modern kidney transplantation era [1]. Symptomatic urinary tract infections (UTIs), which are defined as the association of a positive urine culture with the presence of symptoms or signs referable to UTI, are usually divided into lower tract (cystitis) and upper tract (pyelonephritis) infections. It is the most common infection ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft432