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more common in boys than girls <3/12 (more congenital abN) then more in girls
8% girls and 2% boys will have UTI in childhood

Presentation
infants - poor feeding, vomiting, irritability
young kids - abdo pain, fever, dysuria
older kids - dysuria, frequency, haematuria
upper tract - temp >38, loin pain/ tender

''Urinalysis in kids (NICE)''
any Sx of UTI
unexplained fever >38
explained fever not responding to Rx

''Collection''
clean catch is best
if impossible use collection pad (not cotton wool ball or ST)
only invasive (suprapubic) if nil else possible

Mx
 <3/12 refer immediately
 >3/12 upper UTI consider admission, else Co-Amox or Ceph for 7-10/7
 >3/12 lower UTI, 3/7 trimeth, nitrofuran, amoxil, ceph, review in 24-48 hrs if not improving
use prophyllaxis if recurrent but not after just 1