Duration of Fever Affects the Likelihood of a Positive Bag Urinalysis or Catheter Culture in Young Children

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 629-633

  Bin Salleeh, Hashim ^a   McGillivray, David ^b   Martin, Mitch ^b   Patel, Hema ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATE;

ARTICLE; BAG URINALYSIS; CATHETER CULTURE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINALYSIS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 77949491058     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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