Incidence of urinary tract infection in febrile children

Authors

  • R. Ravikumar Naik Department of Pediatrics, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Venkatesha K. R. Department of Pediatrics, Sapthagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20190727

Keywords:

Pus cells, Pyuria, urine culture, Urinary tract infection

Abstract

Background: Urinary tract infection is diagnosed by the growth of many organisms of a single specimen in the urine with presence of many symptoms. bacteriuria is defined as growth with a colony of >105/ml of a single species in a midstream clean catch urine sample.

Methods: A cross sectional study was undertaken in febrile children with urinary tract infection attending Department of Paediatrics, tertiary care hospital, Bangalore during the period January 2017 to December 2017.

Results: Out of the 200 children studied, 93 children belonged to the age group of 6 year to 12 year and 57 children belong to 1 year to 6-year age group and 50 children belongs to 12 year to 18-year age group. 97 children showed significant pyuria in centrifuged urine sample of which 49 were males and 48 were females. Majority 45 children were belonging to age group of 6 year to 12 year. Out of 97 children showed significant pyuria in centrifuged urine sample of which 46 children 5-10 cells/HPF and 27 children showed > 10 cells/HPF and 24 cases showed < 5cells / HPF. Out of 200 children, in 29 cases urine culture showed E. coli growth and 51 cases showed no growth.

Conclusions: Urinary tract infections are common in childhood. Nearly all UTIs are caused by bacteria that enter the opening of the urethra and move upward to the urinary bladder and sometimes the kidneys.

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2019-02-23

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