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Key articles
European Association of Urology. Urological infections. 2025 [internet publication].Full text
Vourganti S, Agarwal PK, Bodner DR, et al. Ultrasonographic evaluation of renal infections. Radiol Clin North Am. 2006 Nov;44(6):763-75. Abstract
Gupta K, Hooton TM, Naber KG, et al. International clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis and pyelonephritis in women: a 2010 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. Clin Infect Dis. 2011 Mar 1;52(5):e103-20.Full text Abstract
American Urological Association. Management and screening of primary vesicoureteral reflux in children (2010, amended 2017). 2021 [internet publication].Full text
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