In the Original Investigation titled “Short-Course Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children: The SCOUT Randomized Clinical Trial,”1 published online June 26, 2023, and in the August 2023 issue, the variables of asymptomatic bacteriuria at or before the day 11 to 14 visit and positive urine culture at or before the day 11 to 14 visit were incorrectly defined in the statistical analysis, resulting in errors in the first sentence of the Secondary Outcomes section of the Results. The correct absolute risk differences are 6.2% (95% CI, 2.5%-9.9%) for asymptomatic bacteriuria and 7.9% (95% CI, 3.7%-12.1%) for positive urine culture. In Table 2, the numbers of children, difference of proportions, and number needed to treat were incorrect in the rows “asymptomatic bacteriuria at day 11-14 visit” and “positive urine culture day 6 through day 11-14 visit.” This article has been corrected online.
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- 1.Zaoutis T, Shaikh N, Fisher BT, et al. Short-course therapy for urinary tract infections in children: the SCOUT randomized clinical trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2023;177(8):782-789. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2023.1979 [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]