Community-acquired enterococcal urinary tract infections

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1583-1586

  Bitsori, Maria ^a   Maraki, Sofia ^a   Raissaki, Maria ^a   Bakantaki, Anna ^a   Galanakis, Emmanouil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Enterococcus faecalis; Renal scarring; Urinary tract abnormalities

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 27644492065     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-005-1976-8     Document Type: Review

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