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Urinary tract infection - children - Prevention

Alternative Names

UTI - children; Cystitis - children

Prevention:

  • Avoid giving your child bubble baths.
  • Increase the child's intake of fluids.
  • Keep your child's genital area clean to prevent bacteria from entering through the urethra.
  • Wipe the genital area from front to back to reduce the chance of spreading bacteria from the rectal area to the urethra.

Long-term use of preventive (prophylactic) antibiotics may be recommended for some children who are prone to chronic UTIs.

  • Reviewed last on: 9/18/2008
  • Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Roussey-Kesler G, Gadjos V, Idres N, Horen B, Ichay L, Leclair MD, et al. Antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of recurrent urinary tract infection in children with low grade vesicoureteral reflux: results from a prospective randomized study. J Urol. 2008;179:674-679; discussion 679. Epub 2007, Dec 20.

Shaikh N, Morone NE, Lopez J, Chianese J, Sangvai S, D'Amico F, Hoberman A, Wald ER. Does this child have a urinary tract infection? JAMA. 2007; 298:2895-2904.

Mori R. Kakhanpaul M, Verrier-Jones K. Diagnosis and management of urinary tract infection in children: summary of NICE guidelines. BMJ. 2007; 335:395-397.

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