Urinary tract infections in children

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-171

  Sedberry Ross, Sherry ^a   Pohl, Hans G ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBACTIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENDOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; NITROFURANTOIN; PENTETIC ACID; SUCCIMER; SULFONAMIDE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD UROLOGY; CLINICAL STUDY; CYSTITIS; CYSTOGRAPHY; CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KLEBSIELLA; PATHOGENESIS; PERINEUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; PYELONEPHRITIS; REFLUX NEPHROPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; URETHRA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CICATRIX; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX; VIRULENCE;

EID: 41649118515     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-008-0029-9     Document Type: Review

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