Urinary tract infection in the newborn: Clinical and radio imaging studies

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1735-1741

  López Sastre, José B ^a   Ramos Aparicio, Antonio ^a   Coto Cotallo, Gil D ^a   Fernández Colomer, Belén ^a   Crespo Hernández, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community acquired urinary tract infection; Hydronephrosis; Neonates; Nosocomial urinary tract infection; Renal scan with dimercaptosuccinic acid; Renal ultrasound; Vesicoureteral reflux; Voiding cystourethrography

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; SUCCIMER;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MYCOSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PYELONEPHRITIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPAIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34548349356     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0556-5     Document Type: Article

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