Urinary tract infections in children: A review

Minerva Pediatrica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-157

  Buonsenso, D ^a   Cataldi, L ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Child; Ultrasonography; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFPODOXIME; CEFPROZIL; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SUCCIMER TC 99M; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANBERRY JUICE; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; FEVER; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT SURGERY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; FEVER; HUMANS; ITALY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 84861388741     PISSN: 00264946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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