Treatment of choice for a patient with acquired vesicoureteric reflux with UTI?
Acquired renal scarring results from an episode or repeated episodes of acute pyelonephritis caused by infected urine in the presence of VUR. Infection activates a cascade of mediators, which leads to renal epithelial cells damage. Treatment with antibiotics during the first week after infection appears to limit inflammation, and consequently, scar formation. Only fine linear scars extending through the coex and small dimpling of the renal surface are evident if appropriate antibiotic therapy is instituted during the early inflammatory phase. Ref: Nguyen H.T., Tanagho E.A. (2009). Chapter 39. Reflux Nephropathy. In E.V. Lerma, J.S. Berns, A.R. Nissenson (Eds), CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Nephrology & Hypeension.
Cotrimoxazole
Bilateral reimplantation of ureter
Injection of Collagen in the ureter
Endoscopic resection of ureter