title: Vesicoureteral reflux in children with suspected and proven urinary tract infection.
abstract: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and clinically significant ultrasonography (US) abnormalities in a large group of children with proven and suspected urinary tract infection (UTI). The medical reports on renal US and voiding cystouretrographies (VCUG) of 2,036 children were reviewed. Renal US was performed on all children and VCUG on 1,185 children (58%). Based on the urine culture data, the UTI diagnoses were classified into five reliability classes (proven, likely, unlikely, false and no microbial data). The UTI diagnose was considered proven in 583/2036 (28.6%) and false in 145 (7.1%) cases. The prevalence of VUR was similar among those with proven and false UTI [37.4 vs. 34.8%; relative risk (RR) 1.08, 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) 0.7-1.7, P = 0.75] and decreased with increasing age (P = 0.001). Clinically significant US abnormalities occurred in 87/583 (14.9%) cases with proven UTI and significantly less often (11/145, 7.6%) in the false UTI class (RR 1.96, 95% CI 1.1-3.6, P = 0.02). Our finding supports the claim that VUR is not significantly associated to UTI and that its occurrence among children even without UTI is significantly higher than traditional estimates. This challenges the recommendations of routine VCUG after UTI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. annukka.hannula@oulu.fi
authors.forename: Annukka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hannula
authors.forename: Mika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Venhola
authors.forename: Marjo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Renko
authors.forename: Tytti
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pokka
authors.forename: Niilo-Pekka
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Huttunen
authors.forename: Matti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uhari
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D014554:Urination; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology
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