Utility of blood cultures in febrile children with UTI

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 271-274

  Pitetti, Raymond D ^a   Choi, Sylvia ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Fever; Pyelonephritis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0036292012     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.33786     Document Type: Article

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