title: Pediatric urinary tract infection.
abstract: UTIs are common in children. They may present with a range of severity from cystitis to febrile UTI or pyelonephritis. The presentation may be vague and have nonspecific symptoms. Therefore, a UTI should be considered in all children with a fever in whom other sources have been excluded. Treatment depends on the age, location of infection, and degree of illness in the child. Sick children and infants less than 3 months should be treated as inpatients, and healthy children and older infants may be treated as outpatients. Urinalysis provides presumptive evidence of infection, whereas urine culture is definitive. Close follow-up and outpatient evaluations are needed to prevent long-term consequences of infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennesee, USA.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Santen
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Altieri
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents