High prevalence of febrile urinary tract infections after paediatric renal transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3269-3274

  John, Ulrike ^a   Everding, Anne Schulze ^b   Kuwertz Bröking, Eberhard ^b   Bulla, Monika ^b   Müller Wiefel, Dirk E ^c   Misselwitz, Joachim ^a   Kemper, Markus J ^c  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital urinary tract malformation; Paediatric renal transplantation; Risk factor; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN A; GENTAMICIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PIPERACILLIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEVER; GERMANY; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 33750033263     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl464     Document Type: Article

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