Renal scars in children with febrile urinary tract infection - Looking for associated factors.

Introduction: Febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common childhood infection related to renal scarring and potentially long-term complications like chronic kidney disease. It would be of great benefit to find a correlation between easy-accessible factors in the acute phase of a febrile UTI and the development of renal scar formation and/or decreased renal function in order to identify children at risk of future complications.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with the development of decreased split renal function (DSRF) and/or permanent renal scar formation in children with febrile UTI.

[Perianal abscesses in twins].

Perianal abscesses (PA) are relatively common in children, especially in infants. The aetiology of PA is still unknown but several factors point toward a congenital aetiology: 1) it is almost exclusively seen in infants, 2) with a male predominance, 3) predilection sites at 3 and 9 o'clock, 4) the finding of abnormal Morgagni crypts and 5) aberrant epithelial lining. Traditionally, incision and drainage has been the treatment of choice, but several studies suggest conservative management.