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  • Title: Acute pyelonephritis in children: antibiotic therapy depending on the clinical context.
    Journal: Prescrire Int; 2010 Aug; 19(108):180. PubMed ID: 20939457.
    Abstract:
    Children over 2 years of age with complicated acute pyelonephritis or at risk of complications should first be treated with a parenteral antibiotic, for example ceftriaxone, for 2 to 4 days, then switched to oral antibiotic therapy for a total treatment period of 10 to 14 days, taking into account the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing. First-choice antibiotic therapy, in the absence of known risk, is oral cefixime for 7 days to 10 days. Second-line treatments include amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid or co-trimoxazole, taking account of the results of antimicrobial susceptibility testing.
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