Investigation of the rate of meningitis in association with urinary tract infection in infants 90 days of age or younger

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 464-469

  Vuillermin, Peter J ^a,c   Starr, Mike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infant; Meningitis; Spinal puncture; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 35148824957     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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