Treatment of urinary tract infections in febrile infants: Experience of outpatient intravenous antibiotic treatment;Manejo de la infección del tracto urinario en lactantes febriles: Experiencia de tratamiento antimicrobiano intravenoso ambulatorio

Revista Chilena de Infectologia

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 350-354

  Peña D , Anamaría ^a,b,c   Viviani S , Tamara ^a,b   le Corre P , Nicole ^c   Morales M , Viera ^c   Montecinos B , Constanza ^c   Gajardo S , Cristina ^a  

^a Sub Dirección Médica del Niño Unidad de Hospitalización Transitoria   (Chile)

^b Unidad de Infectologia   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Children; Outpatient parenteral antimicrobial treatment; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTRIAXONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 70350043082     PISSN: 07161018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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