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Open Access 24-10-2022 | Urinary Tract Infection | Educational Review

Vesico-ureteric reflux in children and young people undergoing kidney transplantation

Authors: Ian K. Hewitt, Giovanni Montini, Stephen D. Marks

Published in: Pediatric Nephrology | Issue 9/2023

Abstract

Vesico-ureteric reflux (VUR) into transplanted kidneys in children and young people is a common occurrence, found in 19 to 60% of those who had an anti-reflux procedure and up to 79% in the absence of such a procedure. While VUR is unlikely to be of concern without evidence of symptomatic urinary tract infections, less certainty exists regarding outcomes when the VUR is associated with urinary tract infection (UTI) and transplant pyelonephritis. Issues explored will include additional risk factors that might predispose to UTI, any effect of pyelonephritis on acute and long-term kidney allograft function and practical strategies that may reduce the prevalence of infection.

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Title: Vesico-ureteric reflux in children and young people undergoing kidney transplantation
Authors: Ian K. Hewitt
Giovanni Montini
Stephen D. Marks
Publication date: 24-10-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keyword: Urinary Tract Infection
Published in: Pediatric Nephrology / Issue 9/2023
Print ISSN: 0931-041X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-198X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-022-05761-5

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