International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 399-402 , May 2009

Prevention of urinary tract infection in six spinal cord-injured pregnant women who gave birth to seven children under a weekly oral cyclic antibiotic program

  • Jérôme Salomon

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U657, PhEMI, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
    • Department of Infectious Diseases, AP-HP, CHU Raymond Poincaré, Versailles University, 104 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré, F-92 380 Garches, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 47 10 77 60; fax: +33 1 47 10 77 67.
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  • Alexis Schnitzler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, AP-HP, Hôpital Poincaré, Versailles University, Garches, France
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  • Yves Ville

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hôpital de Poissy, Versailles University, Garches, France
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  • Isabelle Laffont

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, AP-HP, Hôpital Poincaré, Versailles University, Garches, France
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  • Christian Perronne

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, AP-HP, CHU Raymond Poincaré, Versailles University, 104 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré, F-92 380 Garches, France
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  • Pierre Denys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, AP-HP, Hôpital Poincaré, Versailles University, Garches, France
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  • Louis Bernard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Infectious Diseases, AP-HP, CHU Raymond Poincaré, Versailles University, 104 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré, F-92 380 Garches, France

Received 29 February 2008 ,Revised 23 July 2008 ,Accepted 1 August 2008.

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PII: S1201-9712(08)01503-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2008.08.006

International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume 13, Issue 3 , Pages 399-402 , May 2009

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