Clinical differentiation of acute pyelonephritis from lower urinary tract infection in children

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-517

  Huang, Daniel Tsung Ning ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a   Tsai, Tsuen Chiuan ^b   Tsai, Jeng Daw ^a   Chiu, Nan Chang ^a   Lin, Chun Chen ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Diagnosis, differential; Pyelonephritis; Technetium Tc 99m dimercaptosuccinic acid; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PROTEUS; REVIEW; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 40649092041     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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