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Contribution of urinary tract infection to the burden of febrile illnesses in young children in rural Kenya

INTRODUCTION: The clinical features of UTI in young children may not localize to the urinary tract and closely resemble other febrile illnesses. In malaria endemic areas, a child presenting with fever is often treated presumptively for malaria without investigation for UTI. Delayed or inadequate tre...

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Autores principales: Masika, Wechuli Geoffrey, O’Meara, Wendy Prudhomme, Holland, Thomas L., Armstrong, Janice
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5360311/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28323886
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174199