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PubMed ID
Public Release Type
Journal
Publication Year
2015
Affiliation
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Authors
Barrera R, Bhatnagar S, deBerardinis R, Egigueron M, Gravens-Mueller L, Haralam MA, Hoberman A, Ivanova A, Kearney D, Keren R, Parker A, Patel M, Pohl H, Pope M, Shah N, Shaikh N, Sprague B, Viteri B, Zaoutis L
Studies
Citation
Keren R, Shaikh N, Pohl H, Gravens-Mueller L, Ivanova A, Zaoutis L, Patel M, deBerardinis R, Parker A, Bhatnagar S, Haralam MA, Pope M, Kearney D, Sprague B, Barrera R, Viteri B, Egigueron M, Shah N, Hoberman A. Risk Factors for Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection and Renal Scarring. Pediatrics 2015 Jul;136(1):e13-21. Epub 2015 Jun 8.

Abstract

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.