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The objective of this study was to determine the frequency with which urinary tract infection (UTI) in the absence of concomitant underlying abnormalities caused end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The records of 102 patients with ESRD (disease necessitating dialysis and/or transplant) seen at Children’s Mercy Hospital during a 10-year period (1986 – 1995) were reviewed. Obstructive uropathy, aplastic/hypoplastic/dysplastic kidneys, polycystic kidney disease, congenital nephrotic syndrome, acquired glomerulonephritis, idiopathic interstitial nephritis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, and a variety of systemic conditions were the cause of ESRD in 99 children; 3 children had reflux nephropathy, 1 of whom had no history of a UTI and another who had a single, afebrile UTI. A girl with a history of recurrent UTIs since 4 years of age had an elevated serum creatinine and grade II – III bilateral vesicoureteric reflux when evaluated at 8 years of age. She had ureteral reimplantations and control of the infections, but progressed to ESRD. This child appears to be the only 1 of 102 children who developed ESRD because of acquired renal injury in which UTIs were an important contributing factor.
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Received July 29, 1997; received in revised form October 22, 1997; accepted October 26, 1997
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Sreenarasimhaiah, S., Hellerstein, S. Urinary tract infections per se do not cause end-stage kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol 12, 210–213 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050439
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004670050439