Urinary tract infections in young febrile children

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-17

  Hoberman, Alejandro ^a   Wald, Ellen R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

asymptomatic bacteriuria; bacteriuria; imaging; pyuria; screening; therapy; Urinalysis; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIURIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PYURIA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031041865     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199701000-00004     Document Type: Review

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