The role of radiology in urinary tract infection in children.
Of 758 children examined by uroradiography at the Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children, 232 (30%) had been referred for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection. The incidence of radiological anomaly or abnormality in these children was an overall 30%; in the first 3 years of life this figure rose to 40%. Radiological investigation of these children should be undertaken routinely. Excretory urography alone is a satisfactory screening procedure in children over the age of 3 years; under this age, formal voiding cysto-urethrography is of immense importance. The incidence of 70% of underlying radiologically detectable abnormalities associated with Pseudomonas infection was statistically significantly higher than the 30% found in association with all other infecting organisms.
D000293:Adolescent; D001437:Bacteriuria; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014551:Urinary Tract / Q000002:abnormalities; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D014718:Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging