Asymptomatic bacteriuria rates in schoolchildren: Results from a rural city in Turkey

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 228-230

  Yayli, G ^a   Yaman, H ^b   Demirdal, T ^a  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEX RATIO; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 0041633689     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.4.228     Document Type: Article

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