Prevalence of asymptomatic bacteriuria in school going children in Pokhara valley

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 81-84

  Jha, Bijay Kumar ^a   Singh, Y I ^a  

^a MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Children; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CRYSTAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUS; SYMPTOM; TURBIDITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY CAST; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 41949121535     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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