• J Paediatr Child Health · Oct 2008

    Antibiotic prophylaxis for childhood urinary tract infection: a national survey.

    • Isabelle Chevalier, Geneviève Benoît, Marie Gauthier, Véronique Phan, Anne-Claude Bernard Bonnin, and Marc H Lebel.
    • Department of Pediatrics, CHU Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. isabelle.chevalier.hsj@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
    • J Paediatr Child Health. 2008 Oct 1; 44 (10): 572-8.

    AimsTo describe attitudes of paediatricians and paediatric nephrologists regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary tract infection (UTI) and determine the factors associated with its use.MethodA self-administered questionnaire was mailed to Canadian paediatricians (1136) and paediatric nephrologists (42).ResultsThe response rate was 58.1% (684 physicians); 436 who had made a decision about antibiotic prophylaxis for childhood UTI in the previous year were included in the analysis. Of these, 407 (93.3%) were certified in paediatrics and 29 (6.7%) were paediatric nephrologists. Most respondents prescribed prophylaxis for children with grade III-V vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) (96.5%-98%); 69.8 and 92.8% prescribed it for children with grades I and II VUR, respectively. Factors significantly associated with use of prophylaxis for children with grade I VUR were frequency of decision-making about prophylaxis, city size and province. Fifteen percent of physicians felt that their practice regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for children with VUR was evidence based. A hundred one respondents (24.3%) prescribed prophylaxis for infants with a first febrile UTI in the absence of VUR. Nineteen percent felt that their practice regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for these infants was evidence based. Prescription of prophylaxis for children >12 months with recurrent UTI in the absence of VUR was influenced by frequency of pyelonephritis (88.5% of respondents) and presence of voiding dysfunction (53.8%). Nine percent of physicians felt that their practice for these children was evidence based.ConclusionOpinions of Canadian paediatricians and paediatric nephrologists regarding antibiotic prophylaxis for UTI in children vary widely, probably because of the paucity of solid evidence about prophylaxis.

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