Diagnosing symptomatic urinary tract infections in infants by catheter urine culture

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 437-440

  Cheng, Yan Wah ^a   Wong, Sik Nin ^a  

^a TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Catheter urine culture; Infant; Sensitivity and specificity; Uncircumcised male; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATHETERIZATION; CIRCUMCISION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; URINE;

CATHETERIZATION; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 27744508026     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2005.00662.x     Document Type: Article

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