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Evaluation and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Children

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Urinary tract infections (UTI) represent a major infectious etiology of morbidity in children. Over the past two decades, the approach to evaluation and management of factors associated with the pathogenesis of UTI have evolved, at times leading to the publication of new guidelines. With increasing evidence, individualized approaches to the child with febrile and non-febrile UTI need to relate to age, sex, potty trained (or not), and social factors.

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  1. Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia and Vancouver Island Health Authority, Victoria, BC, Canada

    Linda C. Lee

  2. Department of Surgery, University of South Carolina and Prisma Health, Columbia, SC, USA

    Frank J. Penna

  3. Department of Surgery (Emeritus), Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Martin A. Koyle

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Lee, L.C., Penna, F.J., Koyle, M.A. (2022). Evaluation and Management of Urinary Tract Infections in Children. In: Puri, P. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38482-0_165-1

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