Characteristics of children finally enrolled in the two treatment groups
| Characteristic | Treatment groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| IV 10 days (n = 118) | IV 3 days (n = 111) | ||
| Sex | |||
| Male | 30 | 22 | |
| Female | 88 | 89 | |
| Age (y) | |||
| Median | 1.0 | 2.4 | |
| Interquartile range | 0.5–3.3 | 0.8–5.6 | |
| Previous urinary tract infections | |||
| None | 101 | 91 | |
| One or more than one documented urinary tract infection | 17 | 20 | |
| Duration of fever (⩾38°C) before treatment (h) | |||
| Median | 48 | 48 | |
| Interquartile range | 24–96 | 24–96 | |
| Initial C reactive protein (mg/l) | |||
| Median | 85 | 101 | |
| Interquartile range | 48–140 | 60–160 | |
| Bacterial pathogens isolated in initial urine cultures | |||
| Escherichia coli | 109 | 104 | |
| Proteus spp. | 2 | 3 | |
| Klebsiella spp. | 3 | 0 | |
| Others | 2 | 3 | |
| Positive blood cultures | 2 | 1 | |
| Abnormalities of urinary tract | |||
| Vesicoureteric reflux1-150 | 40/115 | 36/109 | |
| Renal duplication | 1 | 4 | |
| Stenosis of vesicoureteric junction | 1 | 1 | |
| Paraurethral urethrocele | 2 | — | |
| Kidney stones | — | 1 | |
↵1-150 No. of patients with reflux/no. of patients having had voiding cystourethrography.