The risk of recurrent infection for children with VUR receiving the combination drug fell by 50 percent. Participants with VUR and bladder and bowel dysfunction experienced an 80 percent reduction in ...

Royal College of Physicians (1991) 1991–2000 Aggressive treatment, prophylaxis and investigation of all children aged <7 years [81] American Academy of Pediatrics Guideline (1999) Aggressive treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . UTIs in children are usually treated for 10 days. New research suggests that a 5-day treatment could be ...

Continuous antibiotic prophylaxis increases the risk of antibiotic resistance, which should be avoided in children with vesicoureteral reflux.

Broad-spectrum antibiotics are prescribed in one third of pediatric outpatient visits for urinary tract infection, and use of third-generation cephalosporins has doubled in the past decade.

In a recent cohort study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers from the United States of America (US) investigated the population incidence of urinary tract infections (UTIs) among children.

SAN DIEGO -- Antibiotic prophylaxis may help to protect kidneys of kids with vesicoureteral reflux during febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to another look at the RIVUR trial. Among ...

Abbreviated antibiotic treatment didn't measure up for children with urinary tract infection (UTI), the SCOUT trial found. Stopping antibiotics when symptoms improved after an initial 5-day course ...

For children with vesicoureteral reflux, recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs) are associated with a decrease in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), according to a research letter ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Guideline Clearinghouse has updated clinical practice guidelines regarding initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and children ...

The variable race is associated with urinary tract infection (UTI) in children, but it can be replaced with history of UTI and duration of fever in a previously developed prediction tool, according to ...