TY - JOUR 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 SP - 244 LP - 247 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2018-315023 VL - 104 IS - 5 AU - Kjell Tullus Y1 - 2019/10/01 UR - http://ep.bmj.com/content/104/5/244.abstract N2 - 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. ER -