First UTI episode in life in infants <1 year of age: Epidemiologic, clinical, microbiologic and disease recurrence characteristics

Oana Falup-Pecurariu; Eugene Leibovitz; Cristiana Vorovenci; Raluca Lixandru; Flavia Rochman; Vlad Monescu; Ron Leibovitz; Laura Bleotu; Cristian Falup-Pecurariu

Pediatrics and Neonatology (Dec 2020)

First UTI episode in life in infants <1 year of age: Epidemiologic, clinical, microbiologic and disease recurrence characteristics

Oana Falup-Pecurariu,
Eugene Leibovitz,
Cristiana Vorovenci,
Raluca Lixandru,
Flavia Rochman,
Vlad Monescu,
Ron Leibovitz,
Laura Bleotu,
Cristian Falup-Pecurariu

Affiliations

Oana Falup-Pecurariu: Children's Clinic Hospital, Brasov, Romania; Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania
Eugene Leibovitz: Pediatric Infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Corresponding author. Pediatric infectious Disease Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, P.O. Box 151, Beer-Sheva 84101, Israel. Fax: +972 8 640 0816.
Cristiana Vorovenci: Children's Clinic Hospital, Brasov, Romania
Raluca Lixandru: Children's Clinic Hospital, Brasov, Romania
Flavia Rochman: Children's Clinic Hospital, Brasov, Romania
Vlad Monescu: Informatics and Mathematics Faculty, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania
Ron Leibovitz: Faculty of Medicine “Carol Davila”, Bucharest, Romania
Laura Bleotu: Children's Clinic Hospital, Brasov, Romania
Cristian Falup-Pecurariu: Faculty of Medicine, Transilvania University, Brasov, Romania

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 61, no. 6
pp. 613 – 619

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Background: To examine the epidemiologic and microbiologic characteristics of first and recurrent UTI in young infants. Methods: A retrospective study of all infants 2 months of life.

Published in Pediatrics and Neonatology

ISSN: 1875-9572 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/pediatrics-and-neonatology/

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