Diagnosis and treatment of urinary tract infections in children: what’s new?

Abstract

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most frequent problems in children, especially early age. A practicing pediatrician, pediatric urologist, nephrologist is frequently faced with the problem of diagnosis and treatment of UTI. Clinical manifestations of UTI in children are diverse and depend on the age and sex of child, severity of the inflammatory process, presence and nature of comorbidity. The experts dealing with the problem of UTI in children in different countries initiated the establishment of clinical guidelines that can assist clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of UTI in children. The paper presents national European recommendations for the treatment and diagnosis of UTI in pediatrics.

Keywords

• urinary tract infection
• cystitis
• pyelonephritis
• children
• antibiotic therapy
• bacteriuria
• vesicoureteral reflux
• escherichia coli
• pyuria
• dysuria