Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-400

  Chang, Steven L ^a   Shortliffe, Linda D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

AGE; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD UROLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GENDER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MORBIDITY; MYCOSIS; PREPUCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL TRACT RADIOGRAPHY; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOSES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33646591855     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2006.02.011     Document Type: Review

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