使用发烧持续时间来指导尿路感染的管理

Takeshi Yanagihara1,2, Koichi Kobayashi1, Emi Yanai2

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School Hospital.

概括

一项使用发烧持续时间指导儿童发烧性尿路感染 (fUTI) 抗生素治疗的新方案证明有效. 这种方法消除了像计算机断层扫描这样的侵入性成像的需要.

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