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The Pediatric UTI Playbook
May 26, 2026
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Pediatric urinary tract infections, or UTIs, don’t always follow a script. While they’re one of the most common diagnoses, they’re also one of the most nuanced. They can be subtle, inconsistent and easy to over — or under — diagnose. Aside from clear urinary symptoms, they can show up as a fever without a source, vague abdominal pain, new incontinence or a child who simply isn’t acting like themselves. And in those moments, the decisions pediatricians make such as who to test, how to collect a sample or how to interpret results, carry real clinical weight.
To dive into this topic, we are joined by Kevin Olson, PA, and Mehgan Rommel, NP, who practice in the Department of Pediatric Urology at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
In this episode, our experts discuss:
- The challenges of diagnosis but the importance of getting it right
- How UTIs present differently across ages
- When antibiotics are an answer versus when more discovery is needed
- Approaching recurrent UTIs in children
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Kevin Olson, PA
Physician assistant
Department of Pediatric Urology
Children's Hospital Colorado
Instructor
Surgery-Urology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Mehgan Rommel, FNP
Nurse practitioner
Department of Pediatric Urology
Children's Hospital Colorado
Instructor
Surgery-Urology
University of Colorado School of Medicine
