Urinary levels of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in children with urinary tract infections to age 2.

Background: The aim of this study was to assess relations between the clinical course of UTI, IL-6 and IL-8 levels, and the presence of inflammatory changes detected by renal scintigraphy using 99mTc-DMSA (DMSA).

Material/methods: We studied 33 children aged 1-24 months (mean 7.1+/-5.