Incidence of sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in infants with urinary tract infection

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 364-367

  Yam, Andrew Ow ^a   Andresen, David ^b   Kesson, Alison M ^b,c   Isaacs, David ^b,c  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Infectious disease; Meningitis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BLOOD CELL COUNT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL PUNCTURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 67651208873     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01502.x     Document Type: Article

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