Urinary Tract Infections in Children
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Urinary Tract Infections in Children Treatment
Treatment for
urinary tract infections
in children may include:
Encourage liquids
Intravenous fluids:
For
kidney infections
Phenazopyridine
(
Pyridium
):
Relieves bladder pain
May turn the urine orange
Antibiotics for
urinary tract infections
in children:
Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole
(
Bactrim
,
Septra
)
Ampicillin
(
Omnipen
)
Amoxicillin
(
Trimox
,
Amoxil
)
Amoxicillin and clavulanate
(
Augmentin
)
Nitrofurantoin
(
Macrobid
,
Macrodantin
)
Gentamicin
(
Garamycin
,
Gentacidin
)
Ceftriaxone
(
Rocephin
)
Cefotaxime
(
Claforan
)
Cephalexin
(
Keflex
,
Biocef
)
Cefixime
(
Suprax
)
Cefpodoxime
(
Vantin
)
Loracarbef
(
Lorabid
)
Surgery for
urinary tract infection
:
To remove infected tissue
To correct an abnormal kidney, ureter or bladder
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Urinary Tract Infections in Children References:
Hellerstein S. Antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections in pediatric patients. Minerva Pediatr. 2003 Oct;55(5):395-406.
Ma JF, Shortliffe LM. Urinary tract infection in children: etiology and epidemiology. Urol Clin North Am. 2004 Aug;31(3):517-26, ix-x.
van der Voort J, Edwards A, Roberts R, Verrier Jones K. The struggle to diagnose UTI in children under two in primary care. Fam Pract. 1997 Feb;14(1):44-8.
