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Epidemiology, Microbial Profile, and Risk Factors of Urinary Tract Infections in Children Under 5 Years: A Retrospective Hospital Registry-Based Study in Southwest Iran (2020–2025)
2026-07-01
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<title>Abstract</title> <p> Background Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections in children under five years, representing a leading cause of fever, empirical antibiotic use, and hospitalization worldwide. The epidemiology shows an age- and sex-dependent pattern, with Escherichia coli as the predominant uropathogen and rising antimicrobial resistance posing significant chal...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 43c138fd-21dd-5f0e-8634-02bd73865146
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9836903/v1
