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Characteristics of First Urinary Tract Infection With Fever in Children

Khalid Ismaïli, Karl Martin Wissing, Ksenija Lolin, Phu-Quoc Lê, Catherine Christophe, Philippe Lepage, Michelle Hall

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal · 2010 · 55 citations · 19 references

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Abstract

Girls represent 63% of cases with first UTI. For 91% of UTIs, Escherichia coli is held responsible with a high rate of resistance to ampicillin and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole. US is an excellent screening tool that allows avoidance of unjustified voiding cystourethrography studies.

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