Urinary tract infections in children: Why they occur and how to prevent them

American Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2440-2446

  Hellerstein, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; HYOSCYAMINE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PROPANTHELINE BROMIDE;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CYSTITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MICTURITION DISORDER; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS; TEACHING MATERIALS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032524064     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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