Treatment of urinary tract infections among febrile young children with daily intravenous antibiotic therapy at a day treatment center

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Gauthier, Marie ^a   Chevalier, Isabelle ^a   Sterescu, Anca ^a   Bergeron, Sylvie ^a   Brunet, Suzanne ^a   Taddeo, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambulatory treatment; Child; Pyelonephritis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFIXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; HEPARIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PENICILLIN ALLERGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SCALP; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PATENCY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELONEPHRITIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYELONEPHRITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 16644396656     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0421     Document Type: Article

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