ABSTRACT
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial diseases in children. In a study from Göteborg, Sweden, of children who were born in 1975, the cumulative incidence of symptomatic UTI at 7 years of age was 7.8% for girls and 1.6% for boys.1 In half of the children, the UTI had been associated with high fever, according to the original records from hospital or outpatient clinics, and in most of these, a diagnosis of acute pyelonephritis was supported by laboratory tests.
