Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary for voiding cystourethrography?

Autor: David Crook, M Bale, M Cubbon, I Moorthy, I Kenney
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Archives of disease in childhood. 95(4)
ISSN: 1468-2044
Popis: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines1 for managing childhood urinary tract infection (UTI) suggest restricting subsequent antibiotic prophylaxis to vulnerable groups but giving 3 days prophylaxis to all children undergoing voiding cystourethrography (VCUG). The evidence for this latter recommendation is weak,2 with the only previous study3 being retrospective and without a control group. If antibiotic prophylaxis is unwarranted, then we would certainly not want to use it in these children. After obtaining …
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