Discrimination of culture negative pyelonephritis in children with suspected febrile urinary tract infection and negative urine culture results
Background: We investigated whether the C-reactive protein (CRP) level, urine electrolytes, and urine sodium-potassium ratio (uNa/K) could be useful markers for discriminating children with culture negative pyelonephritis (CNP) from children with suspected febrile urinary tract infection (fUTI) and...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118217302335 |