Rationale and Comments

Studies have shown that clinical resolution of infection is adequate for determining effectiveness of antibiotic therapy after treatment for a urinary tract infection.

Sponsoring Organizations

• American Academy of Pediatrics – Section on Nephrology and the American Society of Pediatric Nephrology

Sources

• American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines

Disciplines

• Infectious disease
• Urologic

References

• American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Quality Improvement, Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infection. Practice parameter: the diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children. Pediatrics. 1999;103:843-852.
  
• Bachir R. Nonresponders: prolonged fever among infants with urinary tract infections. Pediatrics. 2000;105:E59.
  
• Currie ML, Mitz L, Raasch CS, Greenbaum LA. Follow-up urine cultures and fever in children with urinary tract infection. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:1237-1240.
  
• Oreskovic NM, Sembrano EU. Repeat urine cultures in children who are admitted with urinary tract infections. Pediatrics. 2007;119(2):e325-329.