TREATMENT OF URINARY-TRACT INFECTION IN C HILDREN

The management of urinary tract infection in children must rake into a ccount several factors, namely the type of bacteria, the localization of the infection, the presence of an uropathy and the age of the patie nt. In acute pyelonephritis, the risk of renal scarring justifies a fi rst line treatment with two antibiotics to be administrated intravenou sly in newborns and infants. Treatment must be maintained for at least 10 days: double antibiotherapy for 4-5 days, followed by oral monothe rapy according to the antibiogram. Cystitis requires an oral monothera py for 3-7 days. In any case it is important to search for a cause to the infection.