Evaluation and treatment of urinary tract infections in children

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1573-1580

  Ahmed, Syed M ^a   Swedlund, Steven K ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; SULFAFURAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY SCAR; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RECURRENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 0032053471     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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