Asymptomatic bacteriuria in children with sickle cell anemia at The University of Nigeria teaching hospital, Enugu, South East, Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in the tropics. Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) may have compromised kidney function arising from repeated vaso-occlusive episodes and recurrent symptomatic or asymptomatic UTI. OBJECTIVES: This s...

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Autores principales: Chukwu, Bartholomew F, Okafor, Henrietta U, Ikefuna, Anthony N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21929817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-37-45

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21929817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-37-45

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