Is shorter antibiotic treatment duration increasing the risk of relapse in paediatric acute focal bacterial nephritis?

Nina Vaezipour^{1

2}, Katrina Evers³, Hanna Schmid⁴, Nicole Ritz^#^{2

5

6}, Alexandra Goischke^#³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University Childrens Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland nina.vaezipour@ukbb.ch.
² Mycobacterial and Migrant Health Research Group, University of Basel and Department of Clinical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Department of Paediatric Nephrology, University Childrens Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Childrens Hospital Lucerne and Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Paediatrics, The Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

^# Contributed equally.

Nina Vaezipour et al. Arch Dis Child. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 19;109(3):248-250.

doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326054.

Nina Vaezipour^{1

2}, Katrina Evers³, Hanna Schmid⁴, Nicole Ritz^#^{2

5

6}, Alexandra Goischke^#³

¹ Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, University Childrens Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland nina.vaezipour@ukbb.ch.
² Mycobacterial and Migrant Health Research Group, University of Basel and Department of Clinical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
³ Department of Paediatric Nephrology, University Childrens Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Childrens Hospital Lucerne and Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
⁶ Department of Paediatrics, The Royal Childrens Hospital Melbourne, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Keywords: infectious disease medicine; nephrology; paediatrics.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.