Redefining urinary tract infections by bacterial colony counts

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-341

  Coulthard, Malcolm G ^a   Kalra, Monika ^a   Lambert, Heather J ^a   Nelson, Andrew ^b   Smith, Terry ^b   Perry, John D ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial colony counts; Urinary tract infection; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 76049127742     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1455     Document Type: Article

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