Incidence of Post Cystography Urinary Tract Infections in the Pediatric Population

Cystography is a frequent pediatric examination, although indications have been recently restricted .

Current indications in our center are:

• The occurrence of 2 episodes of acute pyelonephritis
• or 1 episode of pyelonephritis if dilatation of the pelvic ureter> 5 mm for male children Urinary tract infections that occurred in the month following this test are considered secondary to cystography.

However, no recent study has investigated the prevalence of urinary tract infections post cystography.

There is no recent epidemiological data on this risk of infection, especially since the management of infections has changed and aseptic precautions during retrograde cystography have evolved with most of the time coverage. antibiotic.

The main objective of this multi-center epidemiological prospective study is to perform a recent analysis of the retrograde post-cystographic urinary tract infection rate.

Material and methods:

Epidemiological, observational, multicenter, prospective study over a period from January 2018 to January 2019. No therapeutic modification will be undertaken at the end of the study.

Parents will be called one months after the exam to check if their child had a urinary infection.