• DOI:10.1542/peds.2010-3520
Corpus ID: 41304559

Childhood Urinary Tract Infections as a Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease

@article{Salo2011ChildhoodUT,
  title={Childhood Urinary Tract Infections as a Cause of Chronic Kidney Disease},
  author={J. Salo and R. Ik{\"a}heimo and T. Tapiainen and M. Uhari},
  journal={Pediatrics},
  year={2011},
  volume={128},
  pages={840 - 847}
}

J. Salo, R. Ikäheimo, +1 author M. Uhari

Published 2011

Medicine

Pediatrics

OBJECTIVE: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in childhood are considered a risk for chronic kidney disease (CKD), but this association is poorly verified. We wanted to determine the etiologic fraction of UTIs in childhood as a cause of CKD. METHODS: A systematic literature search on the association between childhood UTIs and CKD was conducted, and data for patients with CKD in the area of 1 tertiary care hospital were reviewed. RESULTS: In our literature search, we found no patients among the… CONTINUE READING

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