Community acquired urinary tract infection among hospitalized children in Northern Israel: Pathogens, susceptibility patterns and urinary tract anomalies

Harefuah

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-252+319

  Sakran, W ^a   Miron, D ^a   Halevy, R ^a   Colodner, R ^b   Smolkin, V ^a   Koren, A ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b HAEMEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children; Pathogens; Predisposing factors; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; SUCCIMER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; PREVALENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037623297     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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