Sterile Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis in Young Infants with Urinary Tract Infections

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-292

  Shah, Samir S ^a,b   Zorc, Joseph J ^a,b   Levine, Deborah A ^c   Platt, Shari L ^d   Kuppermann, Nathan ^e  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEOCYTOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 47049088284     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.02.044     Document Type: Article

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