RETRACTED ARTICLE: Antimicrobial misuse in pediatric urinary tract infections: recurrences and renal scarring
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Pediatric urinary tract infections.
Urinary tract infection in the pediatric population can lead to significant morbidity if not treated promptly and appropriately. All first infections may signify possible underlying anatomic or functional abnormality and require imaging of the lower and upper tracts. Accurate diagnosis of UTIs requires a properly collected quantitative urine culture. Treatment should be tailored to the pathogen...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of vitamin A on renal scarring in recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). DESIGN Twenty three children with UTIs and renal scarring (mean (SD) age 7.3 (3.9) years) and 91 children without renal scarring (6.4 (3.4) years) were studied. All the children had serum vitamin A and beta-carotene measurements and nutritional evaluation. Renal scarring was assessed by...
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Objective—To evaluate the role of vitamin A on renal scarring in recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Design—Twenty three children with UTIs and renal scarring (mean (SD) age 7.3 (3.9) years) and 91 children without renal scarring (6.4 (3.4) years) were studied. All the children had serum vitamin A and â-carotene measurements and nutritional evaluation. Renal scarring was assessed by tech...
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Urinary tract infections are the most common bacterial infections encountered in ambulatory and long-term care settings in the United States. Urine samples are the largest single category of specimens received by most microbiology laboratories and many such cultures are collected from patients who have no or questionable urinary symptoms. Unfortunately, antimicrobials are often prescribed inapp...
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OBJECTIVES To identify risk factors for recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI) and renal scarring in children who have had 1 or 2 febrile or symptomatic UTIs and received no antimicrobial prophylaxis. METHODS This 2-year, multisite prospective cohort study included 305 children aged 2 to 71 months with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) receiving placebo in the RIVUR (Randomized Intervention for Ve...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1476-0711
DOI: 10.1186/s12941-018-0279-4