Tuesday 5 August 2014

Identifying Kidney Damage Risk in Kids and Teens After First UTI

Bottom Line: High risk for renal scarring with first Urinary tract infection (UTI) in children and adolescents with abnormal kidney ultrasonography finding or with fever of at least 102 degrees and infected with organism other than emE.Coliem. Author: Nader Shaikh, M.D., of the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and colleagues. Background: UTIs are a common and potentially serious bacterial infection in young children. UTIs can lead to permanent ...

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