Urinary tract infections in children: EAU/ESPU guidelines

European Urology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 546-558

  Stein, Raimund ^a   Dogan, Hasan S ^b   Hoebeke, Piet ^c   Kočvara, Radim ^d   Nijman, Rien J M ^e   Radmayr, Christian ^f   Tekgül, Serdar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^f INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antibacterial treatment; Children; Diagnosis; EAU; ESPU; Follow up imaging; Renal scar guidelines; Treatment; Ultrasound; Urinary tract infection; Urine sampling

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CYSTITIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPRAPUBIC ASPIRATION; SUPRAPUBIC CATHETERIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84964203032     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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