URETERAL STENT COLONIZATION AND URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN UNDERGOING MINIMALLY INVASIVE PYELOPLASTY.

Amos NehemanItay M SablerIlia BeberashviliGalina GoltsmanGuy VerchovskyEyal KordOrit YossepowitchAmnon ZismanKobi Stav

Published in: European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie (2022)

After MIP, febrile UTI and afebrile UTI occurred in about one quarter of patients. Pathogens isolated post-surgically from urinary cultures were unrelated to those colonizing the stents. Therefore, routine stent culturing is of low clinical significance. Moreover, small-caliber stents and longer indwelling periods were not risk factors for UTI. Optimizing antibiotic treatment for children with pre-operative urinary tract infection may potentially prevent morbidity after surgery.

Keyphrases

urinary tract infection
minimally invasive
end stage renal disease
young adults
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
clinical practice
patient reported outcomes
gram negative