Clinical courses of children with acute lobar nephronia correlated with computed tomographic patterns

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-303

  Cheng, Chi Hui ^a,b   Tsau, Yong Kwei ^c   Chen, Shih Yu ^c   Lin, Tzou Yien ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute focal bacterial nephritis; CT patterns; Lobar nephronia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LOBAR NEPHRONIA; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION COMPLICATION; KIDNEY INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ACUTE DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PYELONEPHRITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 65649141992     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31818ffe7d     Document Type: Article

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