Improving the diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infection in young children in primary care: Results from the DUTY prospective diagnostic cohort study

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 325-336

  Hay, Alastair D ^a   Sterne, Jonathan A C ^b   Hood, Kerenza ^c   Little, Paul ^d   Delaney, Brendan ^e   Hollingworth, William ^b   Wootton, Mandy ^f   Howe, Robin ^f   MacGowan, Alasdair ^g   Lawton, Michael ^b   Busby, John ^b   Pickles, Timothy ^c   Birnie, Kate ^b   O’Brien, Kathryn ^c   Waldron, Cherry Ann ^c   Dudley, Jan ^h   Van Der Voort, Judith ^f   Downing, Harriet ^m   Thomas Jones, Emma ^m   Harman, Kim ^d   Lisles, Catherine ^c   Rumsby, Kate ^d   Durbaba, Stevo ⁱ   Whiting, Penny ^j   Butler, Christopher C ^k,l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^g SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l Hamad Medical Coorporation Doha Qatar   (United Kingdom)

^m NONE

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Author keywords

Anti bacterial agents; Diagnosis; Pediatrics; Primary health care; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; URINE SAMPLING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED KINGDOM; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE SPECIMEN COLLECTION;

EID: 84978128802     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1954     Document Type: Article

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