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What good or harm comes from prophylactic antibiotics in children with vesicoureteral reflux?

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boxed-textGarin EH et al. (2006) Clinical significance of primary vesicoureteral reflux and urinary antibiotic prophylaxis after acute pyelonephritis: a multicenter, randomized, controlled study. Pediatrics 117: 626–632

The finding that prophylactic antibiotics do not decrease the recurrence of urinary tract infections in children with a history of pyelonephritis, with or without reflux, should be a part of reflux-management discussions

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Cooper, C. What good or harm comes from prophylactic antibiotics in children with vesicoureteral reflux?. Nat Rev Urol 3, 416–417 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0523

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