Persistent sterile pyuria in children? Don't forget tuberculosis!

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Chiang, L W ^a   Jacobsen, A S ^b   Ong, C L ^c   Huang, W S ^c  

^a KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b Division of Surgery   (Japan)

^c Department of Diagnostic Imaging ^*

Author keywords

Genitourinary tuberculosis; Nephroureterectomy; Sterile pyuria; Tuberculosis pyelonephritis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; ENALAPRIL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ARTICLE; BCG VACCINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYSTITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYDROURETER; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEPHROSTOMY; NEPHROURETERECTOMY; PROTEINURIA; PYURIA; SCHOOL CHILD; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE PH;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; NEPHRECTOMY; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYURIA; RECURRENCE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, RENAL; URETER;

EID: 77951930371     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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