Ultrasonography as predictor of permanent renal damage in infants with urinary tract infection

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1156-1161

  Müller, Lennart ^b   Preda, Iulian ^b   Jacobsson, Bo ^b   Sixt, Rune ^b   Jodal, Ulf ^b   Hansson, Sverker ^b   Hellström, Mikael ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Infant; Renal damage; Scintigraphy; Ultrasound; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; MERTIATIDE TC 99M; SUCCIMER TC 99M; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ULTRASOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT MALFORMATION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 66749178919     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01273.x     Document Type: Article

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