Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are something many children will experience, and they’re especially common in two age groups: infants and school-aged kids. As a pediatrician, I often see how easy it ...

Antibiotics. There is consensus that antibiotics are likely to be beneficial compared with placebo. Placebo-controlled trials of antibiotics for treating children with symptomatic acute urinary tract ...

Children with double-J ureteral stents left in place for more than 4 weeks have a higher rate of symptomatic breakthrough ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . UTIs are common among children with spina bifida. Individual urinalysis findings had a poor diagnostic accuracy ...

In children with prenatal hydronephrosis, hydroureter was associated with an increased risk for urinary tract infections (UTIs), whereas the severity of hydronephrosis was not. Researchers conducted a ...

Vesicoureteral reflux is when urine flows backward from the bladder into the ureters and kidneys. It boosts the risk of urinary tract infections and kidney damage. It can be treated with observation, ...

In this population-based study, only 1.25% of children with UTIs in their first 5 years of life will have renal scarring by 7 years of age, and those children do not appear to be at increased risk of ...

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 ...

Cranberry products (compared with the control group) and nitrofurantoin (compared with the control, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or trimethoprim groups) led to lower odds of symptomatic UTI episodes ...

In kids with a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), an individualized duration of antibiotics led to an increased risk of recurrent UTI compared with a 10-day course. However, the individualized ...

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in children. By age 5, 8% of girls and 2% of boys have had at least one UTI. Urinary tract infections in children can generally heal quickly if treated ...