Febrile urinary tract infections;Le infezioni febbrili delle vie urinarie

Medico e Bambino

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 359-370

  Montini, Giovanni ^a   Ammenti, Anita ^b   Cataldi, Luigi ^c   Chimenz, Roberto ^d   Fanos, Vassilios ^e   La Manna, Angela ^f   Marra, Giuseppina ^g   Materassi, Marco ^h   Pecile, Paolo ⁱ   Pennesi, Marco ^j   Pisanello, Lorena ^k   Sica, Felice ^l   Toffolo, Antonella ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Societa Italiana di Neonatologia   (Italy)

^d UO di Nefrologia Pediatrica Con Dialisi   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY   (Italy)

^f SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^g Policlinico di Milano   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^j INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^k Pediatra di Famiglia   (Italy)

^l Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria OORR   (Italy)

^m UO di Pediatria ^*  (Italy)

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Author keywords

Diagnosis; Febrile urinary tract infection (UTI); Follow up; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; SUCCIMER;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYSTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEVER; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MICROSCOPY; MICTURITION; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SCAR FORMATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT DURATION; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 68949157378     PISSN: 15913090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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