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Oral versus parenteral antibiotics for the initial treatment of a first episode of acute pyelonephritis in children

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boxed-textMontini G et al. (2007) Antibiotic treatment for pyelonephritis in children: multicentre randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. BMJ 335: 386

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Koyle, M. Oral versus parenteral antibiotics for the initial treatment of a first episode of acute pyelonephritis in children. Nat Rev Urol 5, 72–73 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0996

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