Racial and ethnic differences in the rates of urinary tract infections in febrile infants in the emergency department

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 485-487

  Chen, Lei ^a   Baker, Mark Douglas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile infant; Race; UTI

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEVER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEVER; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33746583651     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000226872.31501.d0     Document Type: Review

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