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TREATMENT OF RECURRENT URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
DASCHNER F.,
MARGET W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1975.tb04385.x
Subject(s) - medicine , urinary system , regimen , antibiotics , pediatrics , urine , antimicrobial , intensive care medicine , chemistry , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
. Daschner, F. and Marget, W. (Division for Antimicrobial Therapy, Children's Hospital, University of Munich, BRD). Treatment of recurrent urinary tract infection in children. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:105, 1975.–Since none of the studies of long‐term management of recurrent urinary tract infections considered the possibility of patients' not taking medication, compliance with long‐term antibiotic therapy was tested by urine check in 93 children with recurrent urinary tract infection. Only 30 children (32.2%) took the prescribed drugs at regular intervals, 27 children (19.1%) did not take the antibiotics at all and 36 patients took the drugs irregularly, skipping one or two doses a day. The difference in infection rate between regular takers (3.9/year) and non‐takers (7.2/year) and irregular takers (4.8/year) and non‐takers was statistically highly significant. Forgetfulness and negligence of the parents was found to be the main reason for not giving the child the medication. Treatment studies which show the advantage of one regimen over another or which try to define optimal duration of therapy should take particular care in evaluation compliance.