PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kjell Tullus
TI  - Fifteen-minute consultation: Why and how do children get urinary tract infections?
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315023
DP  - 2019 Oct 01
TA  - Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
PG  - 244--247
VI  - 104
IP  - 5
4099  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/104/5/244.short
4100  - http://ep.bmj.com/content/104/5/244.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed2019 Oct 01; 104
AB  - This paper describes urinary tract infections (UTI) from the perspective of a disturbed balance between bacterial virulence and host defence. In some children, a UTI is caused by a virulent Escherichia coli, while in other cases children with abnormal renal tracts can get infected by almost any bacteria. Such knowledge can help in guiding treatment, investigations and follow-up of a child with a UTI.