Corticosteroids to prevent kidney scarring in children with a febrile urinary tract infection: a randomized trial

To evaluate the efficacy of adjuvant systemic corticosteroids in reducing kidney scarring. A previous study suggested that use of adjuvant systemic corticosteroids reduces kidney scarring in children radiologically confirmed to have extensive pyelonephritis. Efficacy of corticosteroids for children with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) has not been studied.Children aged 2 months to 6 years with their first febrile UTI were randomized to...