Controversies in the diagnosis and management of urinary tract infections in children

Pediatric Drugs

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 339-346

  Shah, Gaurang ^a   Upadhyay, Jyoti ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; OXYBUTYNIN; PENICILLIN G; SUCCIMER TC 99M; SULFAFURAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TOLTERODINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; GENDER; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPONATREMIA; KERNICTERUS; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCAR; PARENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; VOMITING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 29144438137     PISSN: 11745878     EISSN: 11745878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00148581-200507060-00002     Document Type: Review

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