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Is ultrasonography mandatory in all children at their first febrile urinary tract infection?

Marco PennesiStefano AmorosoGiulia PennesiManuela GiangrecoElisabetta CattaruzziMarco PesceMarina BusettiEgidio BarbiEster Conversano
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • urinary tract infection
  • young adults
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • randomized controlled trial
  • contrast enhanced
  • candida albicans
  • computed tomography