What is it about?
In this study, we examine urinary tract infections among neonates admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.
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Why is it important?
AAP Guidelines for UTI management do not apply to infants less than 2 months of age. This adds to the growing body of literature illustrating that infants in the NICU are high risk for UTI but are less likely to have urinary reflux than older children with febrile UTI.
Perspectives
Infants in the NICU are high risk for UTI, and urine should be collected prior to starting antibiotics for any late-onset sepsis work-up. Mild hydronephrosis is common in this age group and does not correlate with vesicourinary reflux which is less common than in older children. Routine VCUG may not be necessary after the first UTI in the NICU.
Dr Mark F Weems
University of Tennessee
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This page is a summary of: Urinary Tract Infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, American Journal of Perinatology, December 2014, Thieme Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395474.
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