Evidence behind the WHO guidelines: Hospital Care for Children: What are appropriate methods of urine collection in UTI?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 221-224

  Long, Elliot ^a   Vince, John ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CATHETER; URINE CULTURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; INFANT; PEDIATRICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34648820313     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm031     Document Type: Review

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