Clinical features and prognostic factors of emphysematous urinary tract infection.

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Published in J Microbiol Immunol Infect on October 01, 2009

Authors

Cheng-Yu Kuo1, Chun-Yu Lin, Tun-Chieh Chen, Wei-Ru Lin, Po-Liang Lu, Jih-Jin Tsai, Ko Chang, Hsiao-Cheng Hsieh, Yen-Hsu Chen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan.

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