Dr. Heidi Stephany is board certified in urology with a subspecialty in pediatric urology. She treats kids and teens at Rady Children’s Health, formerly CHOC, in Orange County.

In kids with a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), an individualized duration of antibiotics led to an increased risk of recurrent UTI compared with a 10-day course. However, the individualized ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . UTIs are common among children with spina bifida. Individual urinalysis findings had a poor diagnostic accuracy ...

For children with a history of recurrent urinary tract infection (RUTI), the antibiotic nitrofurantoin and cranberry products appeared to decrease the incidence of symptomatic episodes, a ...

Cranberry products (compared with the control group) and nitrofurantoin (compared with the control, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, or trimethoprim groups) led to lower odds of symptomatic UTI episodes ...

Less than half of children with neurogenic bladder diagnosed with febrile UTI in the ED met a commonly recommended definition for UTI. (HealthDay News) — Most children with neurogenic bladder (NGB) ...

Vesicoureteral reflux is when urine flows backward from the bladder into the ureters and kidneys. It boosts the risk of urinary tract infections and kidney damage. It can be treated with observation, ...

A re-analysis of the RIVUR trial suggests children with recurrent UTIs from vesicoureteral reflux are at risk for kidney function decline. Recurrent febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs) may ...

Contrary to common belief that only women are prone to urinary tract infections (UTIs), small children can also suffer from it. UTI is an infection that affects part of the urinary tract. When it ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Siblings of a child with a form of urinary reflux may see little benefit from being screened for the disease themselves, despite being at higher risk, a new analysis ...