Significant bacteriuria in infants and young children and relation to bacterial species and pyuria

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 284-287

  Papanastasiou, Dimitris A ^a   Dimitracopoulos, George ^a   Drakou, Anastasia ^a   Haliotis, Fotis ^a   Spiliopoulou, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0031859515     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00058.x     Document Type: Article

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