Are oral antibiotics alone efficacious for the treatment of a first episode of acute pyelonephritis in children?

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-11

  Mak, Robert H ^a,b,d   Wong, Joanne H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Willamette Falls Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Children; Co amoxiclav; Oral; Pyelonephritis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATININE; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NOTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 37349040833     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0662     Document Type: Note

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