Effective ultrasonographic predictor for the diagnosis of acute lobar nephronia

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-14

  Cheng, Chi Hui ^a   Tsau, Yong Kwei ^a   Hsu, Shu Yeh ^a   Lee, Tsung Lung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute focal bacterial nephritis; Acute pyelonephritis; Computerized tomography scan; Nephromegaly; Renal focal mass

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE LOBAR NEPHRONIA; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; KIDNEY ABSCESS; KIDNEY HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROMEGALY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0842282782     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000105202.57991.3e     Document Type: Article

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