2020/03/26 by Fünfstück, Reinhard, Hoyme, Udo, Naber, Kurt +3
Medicine · #610 Medical sciences #Medicine
paper · doi:10.3205/id000056
This is the eighth chapter of the guideline “Calculated initial parenteral treatment of bacterial infections in adults – update 2018” in the 2nd updated version. The German guideline by the Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft für Chemotherapie e.V. (PEG) has been translated to address an international audience. The chapter deals with the treatment of more severe infections of the kidney and the urogenital tract, including urosepsis. Recommendations for empiric and targeted antibacterial treatment are given.