Hyperammonaemia due to Klebsiella infection in a neuropathic bladder

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 658-659

  Cheang, Hon Kit ^a   Rangecroft, Laurence ^a   Plant, Nicholas D ^a   Morris, Andrew A M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Klebsiella oxytoca; Neuropathic bladder; Urease; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; UREASE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER DISEASE; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; KIDNEY DISEASE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRUNE BELLY SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

AMMONIA; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; MALE; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031685008     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004670050523     Document Type: Article

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