Urinary tract infection in infants: the significance of low bacterial count

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 239-245

  Swerkersson, Svante ^a   Jodal, Ulf ^a   Åhrén, Christina ^b,c   Sixt, Rune ^a   Stokland, Eira ^a   Hansson, Sverker ^a  

^a QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c STRAMA   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacterial count; Children; Infants; Kidney damage; Urinary tract infection; Vesicoureteral reflux

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; SUCCIMER TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INFANT; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEUS; RECURRENT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECURRENT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DIMERCAPTOSUCCINIC ACID; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 84952871009     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: 1432198X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-015-3199-y     Document Type: Article

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