Patterns of microbial growth in urine cultures in a pediatric hematology/oncology unit over a one-year period: a single institution study

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) may present with nonspecific symptoms and without any definitive clinical signs other than fever, hence may be missed without a routine urine analysis. We retrospectively evaluated all cases of culture-positive urine infections in pediatric oncology patien...

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Main Authors: Nader Hirmas, MD, Sawsan Mubarak, RN, MSc, Iyad Sultan, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235264671730011X