DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTION

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America - Tập 11 Số 3 - Trang 551-581 - 1997
Thomas M. Hooton1, Walter E. Stamm2
1Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center (TMH)
2Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center (WES), Seattle, Washington

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