Diagnostic significance of clinical and laboratory findings to localize site of urinary infection

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1002-1006

  Garin, Eduardo H ^a   Olavarria, Fernando ^b   Araya, Carlos ^a   Broussain, Monica ^c   Barrera, Claudia ^b   Young, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Hospital Regional   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute pyelonephritis; C reactive protein; Dimercaptosuccinic acid renal scan; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SUCCIMER;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34249988861     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0465-7     Document Type: Article

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