[Oral versus intravenous antibiotic therapy for pyelonephritis in the paediatric patient--a survey of a Cochrane review].

Acute pyelonephritis is a common bacterial infection in children. The recommended treatment in Denmark is intravenous ampiciline and gentamycin for at least three days followed by oral antibiotics. The available evidence indicates that oral antibiotics may be as effective as initial intravenous treatment of children with a first attack of pyelonephritis. However, there are no Danish microbiological studies covering broad-spectrum oral antibiotics to children with pyelonephritis. This impedes generalisation to Danish practice.