Antibiotics for acute pyelonephritis in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Strohmeier, Yvonne ^a   Hodson, Elisabeth M ^b,c   Willis, Narelle S ^b,c   Webster, Angela C ^b,c,d   Craig, Jonathan C ^b,c  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIBUTEN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLAVULANIC ACID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; GENTAMICIN; ISEPAMICIN; NETILMICIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TEMOCILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIURIA; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY INFECTION; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOPENIA; LONG TERM CARE; LOW RISK PATIENT; MONOTHERAPY; PERSISTENT BACTERIURIA; PERSISTENT OF BACTERIURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECURRENT BACTERIURIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SUPPOSITORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PYELONEPHRITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PYELONEPHRITIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84922394999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003772.pub4     Document Type: Review

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