[Antimicrobial resistance patterns in pediatric febrile urinary tract infection and empirical antibacterial therapy. An epidemiological study in secondary and tertiary care centers in the north-east of France in 2019-2020].

Background: Febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common health issue in pediatrics that can lead to serious infectious and renal complications, it requires early diagnosis and a targeted use of antibiotics. The aim of our study was to describe local bacterial agents causing febrile UTIs and their resistance patterns and confront the results with currently used empirical antibacterial therapy in pediatrics emergency departments in Strasbourg and Saverne.

Patients And Methods: We used billing codes (international classification of diseases) to identify all inpatients treated for febrile UTIs in two French pediatric emergency departments between January 2019 and December 2020.