Febrile urinary tract infection in children: Ampicillin and trimethoprim insufficient as empirical mono-therapy

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 597-602

  Prelog, Martina ^a   Schiefecker, Daniela ^a   Fille, Manfred ^a   Wurzner, Reinhard ^a   Brunner, Andrea ^b   Zimmerhackl, Lothar Bernd ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Children; Kidney abnormalities; Resistance; Urinary tract infection; Uropathogen; Vesico ureteric reflux

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RENOGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIMETHOPRIM; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 40549102826     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0701-1     Document Type: Article

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