Urinary tract infection in neonates: How aggressive a workup and therapy?

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-102

  Ashouri, Negar ^a   Butler, Jereme ^a   Vargas Shiraishi, Ofelia M ^a   Singh, Jasjit ^a   Arrieta, Antonio ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ORANGE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fever, neonatal; Infection, urinary tract; Lumbar puncture

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; GENTAMICIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYURIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0037296738     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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