TY - JOUR T1 - First urinary tract infections in children: the role of the risk factors proposed by the Italian recommendations. JF - Acta Paediatr Y1 - 2019 A1 - Alberici, I A1 - La Manna, A A1 - Pennesi, M A1 - Starc, M A1 - Scozzola, F A1 - Nicolini, G A1 - Toffolo, A A1 - Marra, G A1 - Chimenz, R A1 - Sica, F A1 - Maringhini, S A1 - Monasta, L A1 - Montini, G AB -

AIM: In 2009, the Italian society for paediatric nephrology suggested the need for cystography, following a first febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), only in children at high risk for dilating vesicoureteral reflux or in the event of a second infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of the risk factors proposed by the Italian guidelines.

METHODS: Children aged 2-36 months, managed by 10 Italian hospitals between 2009 and 2013, with a first febrile UTI were retrospectively evaluated.

RESULTS: Four hundred and fourteen children were included: 51% female, mean age eight months. Escherichia coli was responsible of 84% UTIs. 269 children (65%) presented at least one risk factor, thus were further investigated: 44% had a reflux. The presence of a pathogen other than E. coli significantly predicted high-grade reflux, both in the univariate (Odd Ratio 2.52, 95% Confidence Interval 1.32-4.81, p < 0.005) and multivariate analysis (OR 2.74, 95% CI: 1.39-5.41, p: 0.003). 26/145 children (18%) with no risk factors experienced a second UTI, which prompted the execution of cystography, showing a dilating reflux in 11.

CONCLUSION: Among the risk factors proposed by the Italian guidelines, only the presence of a pathogen other than E. coli significantly predicted reflux. Cystography can be postponed in children with no risk factors.

VL - 108 IS - 3 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30028535?dopt=Abstract ER -