Does this child have a urinary tract infection?

JAMA

Volumn 298, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2895-2904

  Shaikh, Nader ^a,e   Morone, Natalia E ^a   Lopez, John ^a   Chianese, Jennifer ^a   Sangvai, Shilpa ^b   D'Amico, Frank ^c   Hoberman, Alejandro ^a   Wald, Ellen R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CIRCUMCISION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSURIA; EMBASE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDLINE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 37549039095     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.24.2895     Document Type: Article

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