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<nowiki>*</nowiki>/Febrile infants with UTIs should undergo renal and bladder ultrasonography. PMID: 26361319 | <nowiki>*</nowiki>/Febrile infants with UTIs should undergo renal and bladder ultrasonography. PMID: 26361319 | ||
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Some factors make it easier for bacteria to enter or stay in the urinary tract, such as: | |||
* Vesicoureteral reflux in which urine flow backs up into the ureters and kidneys. | |||
* Brain or nervous system illnesses (such as myelomeningocele or spinal cord injury). | |||
* Bubble baths or tight-fitting clothes (girls). | |||
* Changes or birth defects in the structure of the urinary tract. | |||
* Not urinating often enough during the day. | |||
* Wiping from back (near the anus) to front after going to the bathroom. In girls, this can bring bacteria to the opening where the urine comes out.https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000505.htm | |||
Revision as of 15:13, 22 September 2020
*/Most small children with febrile UTI do not develop renal damage and if they do the majority remain unchanged or regress over time.PMID: 28681079
*/Differentiating UTI from asymptomatic bacteriuria, which usually requires no treatment, can lower the frequency of unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions.PMID: 20539810
*/Febrile infants with UTIs should undergo renal and bladder ultrasonography. PMID: 26361319
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Some factors make it easier for bacteria to enter or stay in the urinary tract, such as:
- Vesicoureteral reflux in which urine flow backs up into the ureters and kidneys.
- Brain or nervous system illnesses (such as myelomeningocele or spinal cord injury).
- Bubble baths or tight-fitting clothes (girls).
- Changes or birth defects in the structure of the urinary tract.
- Not urinating often enough during the day.
- Wiping from back (near the anus) to front after going to the bathroom. In girls, this can bring bacteria to the opening where the urine comes out.https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000505.htm
| UTI classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| level of the infection | Severity | Recurrency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cystitis:infection in the bladder | Pyelonephritis:infetion of the renal pelvis and kidney | Urethritis:infection of the urethra | Complicated | Uncomplicated | First time of infection | recurrent infection | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||