Febrile urinary tract infections in children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 239-250

  Montini, Giovanni ^a   Tullus, Kjell ^b   Hewitt, Ian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; CRANBERRY JUICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; ECHOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY SCAR; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 79960574552     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1007755     Document Type: Review

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