Is ultrasonography mandatory in all children at their first febrile urinary tract infection?
Marco PennesiStefano AmorosoGiulia PennesiManuela GiangrecoElisabetta CattaruzziMarco PesceMarina BusettiEgidio BarbiEster ConversanoPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2021)
A diagnostic protocol that requires presence of an atypical pathogen at the first fUTI or a second episode of fUTI to perform the KUS would allow a reduction in the number of negative ultrasounds with a negligible risk of missed diagnoses of kidney anomalies.