RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fifteen-minute consultation: Why and how do children get urinary tract infections?
JF Archives of disease in childhood - Education & practice edition
JO Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 244
OP 247
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315023
VO 104
IS 5
A1 Kjell Tullus
YR 2019
UL http://ep.bmj.com/content/104/5/244.abstract
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.