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AUA2024 PREVIEW What We Have Learned About the Intersection of Urological Anomalies and Urinary Tract Infection

By: Nader Shaikh, MD,University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Posted on: 05 Apr 2024

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Figure. Risk factors for renal scarring are difficult to measure noninvasively. BBD indicates bladder-bowel dysfunction; VUR, vesicoureteral reflux.

In this short presentation we will review new development in the diagnosis, treatment, and imaging of children with UTI. The focus will be on selected high-impact manuscripts published in the last 2 to 3 years. Next, we will compare new data on the merits of various proposed strategies to individualize care of children with UTI. Can we easily and reliably identify children with high-grade vesicoureteral reflux, or children who are likely to experience febrile recurrences (Figure)? Or can we predict those who may end up with scarred kidneys? We will end with a comparison of proposed strategies and discuss possible future directions.

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