Impressive renal damage after acute pyelonephritis in a child

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1365-1368

  Leroy, Sandrine ^a,b,d   Chalumeau, Martin ^b   Ulinski, Tim ^a   Dubos, François ^b,c   Sergent Alaoui, Aline ^a   Merzoug, Valérie ^b   Ducou Le Pointe, Hubert ^a   Audry, Georges ^a   Gendrel, Dominique ^b   Bensman, Albert ^a  

^a ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT VINCENT DE PAUL   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Renal scar; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SIZE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCINTIGRAPHY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD; CICATRIX; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; PYELONEPHRITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 77954539596     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-010-1461-x     Document Type: Article

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