Letter to the Editor in response to:Â Routine evaluation of vesicle-ureteric reflux in children with anorectal malformation does not reduce the rate of urinary tract infection
We agree that follow-up urine culture should be obtained after the diagnosis of a urinary tract infection is made. The frequency with which such cultures are obtained is, however, debatable. Our questionnaire did not include this aspect of management.
Since 59% of family practitioners and 45% of pediatricians diagnosed urinary tract infections without benefit of culture on a routine basis, it would seem likely that follow-up urine cultures are not performed with regularity.
We would join with Dr. Browning in urging careful follow-up and evaluation for children with documented urinary tract infections.
Answer to the Letter to the Editor of J. Huang et al. concerning “Risk factors for surgical site infection and urinary tract infection after spine surgery” by Tominaga H, Setoguchi T, Ishidou Y, Nagano S, Yamamoto T, and Komiya S (2016) Eur Spine J; DOI 10.1007/s00586-016-4674-2
