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Single-dose therapy of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in females — treatment of choice?

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Naber, K.G. Single-dose therapy of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in females — treatment of choice?. Infection 17, 119–120 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01644008

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