Managing children under 36 months of age with febrile urinary tract infection: A new approach

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 611-615

  Pennesi, Marco ^a   L'Erario, Ines ^a   Travan, Laura ^a   Ventura, Alessandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Renal scars; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFACLOR; CEFTIBUTEN; SUCCIMER TC 99M; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PEDIATRICS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862290125     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-2087-3     Document Type: Article

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