Single dose antibiotic therapy is not as effective as conventional regimens for management of acute urinary tract infections in children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 316-319

  Madrigal, Gilbert ^a,b   Odio, Carla M ^a,b   Mohs, Edgar ^a,b   Guevara, J ^a,b   McCracken, George H ^a,b  

^a National Children Hospital   (Costa Rica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COSTA RICA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECURRENCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0023883684     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-198805000-00004     Document Type: Article

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