Enterobius vermicularis (pinworms), introital bacteriology and recurrent urinary tract infection in children.
The relationship between pinworm infectation and introital cultures was investigated in 2 groups of girls. Those children with recurrent urinary tract infections were compared to agematched controls who had never had a urinary tract infection. We found a higher incidence of enteric organisms on the introital area and pinworm ova on the perianal skin in the group of girls with recurrent infection.
D000293:Adolescent; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000635:transmission; D010123:Oxyuriasis / Q000469:parasitology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology*