The age-related risk of co-existing meningitis in children with urinary tract infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Tebruegge, Marc ^a,b,c   Pantazidou, Anastasia ^b   Clifford, Vanessa ^b,c   Gonis, Gena ^b   Ritz, Nicole ^a,b,c   Connell, Tom ^a,b,c   Curtis, Nigel ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; IRRITABILITY; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETHARGY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; MENINGITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MENINGITIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 80655139017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026576     Document Type: Article

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