The incidence of urinary tract infections in febrile children during a two-year period in Tehran, Iran

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 247-249

  Panahi, Yunes ^a   Beiraghdar, Fatemeh ^b   Moharamzad, Yashar ^c   Matinzadeh, Zahra Khalili ^b   Einollahi, Behzad ^b  

^a Research Center of Chemical Injuries   (United States)

^b Trauma Research Center   (United States)

^c BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MULTICENTER STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 58149147503     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2008.070356     Document Type: Article

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