Urinary tract infection in children: When to worry

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-241

  Clark, Curtis J ^a   Kennedy, William A ^a,b   Shortliffe, Linda D ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cystitis; Pediatric; Pyelonephritis; Treatment; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFATRIMETHOPRIM; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLADDER IRRIGATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CYSTITIS; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLANK PAIN; FOAM CELL; GROUP B STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; LACTOBACILLUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PYELONEPHRITIS; PYELOPLASTY; PYONEPHROSIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY HESITANCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGRAPHY; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

CHILD; HUMANS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77953521881     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2010.03.009     Document Type: Review

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