%0 Journal Article
%T The rationale for bladder washouts in children with neurogenic bladder.
%A Singh GK
%A Deshpande AV
%A Schlegel G
%A Starkey MR
%A Taghavi K
%J Neurourol Urodyn
%V 43
%N 4
%D 2024 Apr 22
%M 38516982
%F 2.367
%R 10.1002/nau.25450
%X Children with a neurogenic bladder are at risk of developing recurrent urinary tract infections and long-term kidney failure. Due to an altered lower urinary tract, children may be overtreated for simple bacteriuria or undertreated for a potentially severe urinary tract infection. This group of patients represent high users of healthcare, and are at risk of colonization and development of antibiotic resistance. Bladder washouts with non-antibiotic electrochemically activated solutions are a potential new prophylactic option for patients with bladder dysfunction when clean intermittent catheterization has resulted in chronic bacteriuria.