Fluconazole for treatment of fungal infections of the urinary tract in children
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Abstract
Two children with fungal urinary tract infections (UTI) were treated with fluconazole. One had bilateral megaureters, an almost non-functioning right kidney, and a moderately functioning left kidney because of severe vesicoureteric reflux. He underwent a ureteric reimplantation procedure but developed a fungal UTI postoperatively. The other child had bilateral refluxing megaureters, one of which appeared to open ectopically into the urethra. He acquired a fungal infection during intensive and prolonged antibiotic therapy for a bacterial UTI and septicaemia in the neonatal period. Both fungal infections were cured successfully. We recommend fluconazole as a safe and effective antifungal agent that may be used as a drug of choice for this difficult problem.
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Fungal infections Urinary tract infections Children FluconazolePreview
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