Early Treatment of Acute Pyelonephritis in Children Fails to Reduce Renal Scarring: Data From the Italian Renal Infection Study Trials

Abstract

Early treatment of acute pyelonephritis in infants and young children had no significant effect on the incidence of subsequent renal scarring. Furthermore, there was no significant difference in the rate of scarring after acute pyelonephritis when infants and young children were compared with older children.