Asymptomatic bacteriuria in children with sickle cell anemia at the University of Nigeria teaching hospital, Enugu, South East, Nigeria

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chukwu, Bartholomew F ^a   Okafor, Henrietta U ^a   Ikefuna, Anthony N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Children; Sickle cell anemia

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALBUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; INCIDENCE; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84855215974     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-37-45     Document Type: Review

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