The prevalence of asymptomatic urinary-tract infection in pre-school children.
Urine samples from 1000 pre-school children aged 4 weeks to 5 years, attending welfare centres, nursery schools or day nurseries in one London borough, were cultured by the dip-slide method. Five children had asymptomatic bacteriuria, a prevalence of 0-5 per cent. The need for screening the urine of pre-school children is discussed.
D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004925:Escherichia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008131:London; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000652:urine; D014567:Urography