Urinary tract infection following kidney transplantation: Frequency, risk factors and graft function

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 651-657

  Esezobor, Christopher Imokhuede ^a   Nourse, Peter ^b   Gajjar, Priya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Children; Creatinine; Graft function; Lower urinary tract abnormality; Pyelonephritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URETHRA MALFORMATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862293037     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-011-2044-1     Document Type: Article

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