Clinical Course of Urinary Tract Infections in Infants Younger Than 60 Days of Age

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-88

  Dayan, Peter S ^a,b   Hanson, Eileen ^a   Bennett, Jonathan E ^a   Langsam, Daniel ^a   Miller, Steven Z ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Prognosis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BLADDER ASPIRATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 1242338919     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000113876.10140.9b     Document Type: Review

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