Frequency of Treatment Failure of UTIs in Children With Congenital Urinary Tract Anomalies.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Children with certain congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract and neurogenic bladder (CAKUT/NGB) are at higher risk of treatment failure for urinary tract infections (UTIs) than children with normal genitourinary anatomy, but the literature describing treatment and outcomes is limited. The objectives of this study were to describe the rate of treatment failure in children with CAKUT/NGB and compare duration of antibiotics between those with and without treatment failure.

Methods

Multicenter retrospective cohort of children 0 to 17 years old with CAKUT/NGB who presented to the emergency department with fever or hypothermia and were diagnosed with UTI between 2017 and 2018. The outcome of interest was treatment failure, defined as subsequent emergency d

SUBMITTER: Forster CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10896743 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature