Systematic review pyelonephritis
Existing guidelines:
Searching all available Internet guideline clearinghouses and Medline:
- IDSA (on-line: http://www.idsociety.org/pg/toc.htm issue practice guidelines)
- John Hopkins University (http://www.hopkins-id.edu/)
- French consensus on antibiotherapy of urinary tract infections.
- Nederlands Kwaliteitsinstituut voor de gezondheidszorg CBO.
PubMed search (Medline) / Grateful Med (Medline, Healthstar):
Both the primary terms and the related MeSH's (Medical Subject Headings)
- For Women: pyelonephritis/therapy[MESH]; 1980 to 2000; female.
- For Men: pyelonephritis/therapy[MESH]; 1980 to 2000; male.
- For Pregnancy: pregnancy[MESH] AND pyelonephritis/therapy[MESH], 1980 to 2000.
For all these subjects, a separate search was performed for the different types of publication: meta-analysis; randomised controlled trial; clinical trial; review; practice guideline.
Cochrane Library / DARE / CCT
All these databases were searched with the primary term: pyelonephritis.