Urinary tract infection in the newborn and the infant: State of the art

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages 90-93

  Cataldi, Luigi ^a   Zaffanello, Marco ^b   Gnarra, Maria ^a   Fanos, Vassilios ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

infant; Newborn; PCT; treatment; UTIs

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR1; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; GENTAMICIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFANT; LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77957946405     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.513851     Document Type: Review

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