Urinary tract infection following voiding cystourethrography

2008

Medical records of 284 patients who underwent VCUGs in 2007 were reviewed.

• “It is well known that VCUG can cause UTI (post-VCUG UTI).”

• “7 of 284 children (2.5%) developed UTI after they underwent VCUG. High-grade VUR was the only statistically significant risk factor for post-VCUG UTI, while sex, age, and other anomalies of the urinary system were not significant.”

• “Antibiotic use did not prevent post-VCUG UTI in this study.”