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Is antibiotic prophylaxis indicated for a voiding cystourethrogram?

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  1. Division of Nephrology, Schneider Children’s Hospital of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Long Island Campus for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, USA

    Bernard Gauthier, Marcela Vergara, Rachel Frank, Suzanne Vento & Howard Trachtman

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Gauthier, B., Vergara, M., Frank, R. et al. Is antibiotic prophylaxis indicated for a voiding cystourethrogram?. Pediatr Nephrol 19, 570–571 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-004-1417-0

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