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Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections
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This article reviews pediatric UTI and addresses epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and imaging, and their importance to the practicing emergency medicine provider.About:
This article is published in Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 155 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emergency department.read more
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Urinary tract infections.
TL;DR: Decisions regarding antibiotic agents should be individualized based on patients' allergies, tolerability, community resistance rates, cost, and availability.
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Urinary tract infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a minireview.
TL;DR: The aim of this review is to summarize some of the advances made in the field of P. aeruginosa induced UTIs and draws attention of the workers that more basic research at the level of pathogenesis is needed so that novel strategies can be designed.
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Antibiotics for acute pyelonephritis in children
TL;DR: It is suggested that children with acute pyelonephritis can be treated effectively with oral cefixime or with short courses (2-4 days) of IV therapy followed by oral therapy and if IV therapy is chosen, single daily dosing with aminoglycosides is safe and effective.
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Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection in Childhood: A Meta-Analysis
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Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases
TL;DR: This updated and expanded edition now offers 297 chapters that cover the basic principles of diagnosis and management, major clinical syndromes, all important pathogenic microbes and the diseases they cause, plus a number of specialised topics useful to the practitioner.
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The etiology of urinary tract infection: traditional and emerging pathogens.
TL;DR: In this paper, Escherichia coli remains the predominant uropathogen (80%) isolated in acute community-acquired uncomplicated infections, followed by Staphylococcus saprophyticus (10% to 15%), Klebsiella, Enterobacteriaceae, and Proteus species, and enterococci infrequently cause cystitis and pyelonephritis.
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Practice parameter: The diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children
Practice Parameter: The Diagnosis, Treatment, and Evaluation of the Initial Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants and Young Children. American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Quality Improvement. Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infection.
David A. Bergman,Richard D. Baltz,James R. Cooley,Liaison Representatives,Michael J. Goldberg,Sections Liason,Gerald B. Hickson,Charles J. Homer,Paul V. Miles,Joan E. Shook,William M. Zurthellen,Betty A. Lowe,Nachri Liaison,Kenneth B. Roberts,Stephen M. Downs,Stanley Hellerstein,Michael J. Holmes,Robert L. Lebowitz,Jacob A. Lohr +18 more
TL;DR: Eleven recommendations are proposed for the diagnosis, management, and follow-up evaluation of infants and young children with unexplained fever who are later found to have a diagnosed UTI.