title: Labial fusion and urinary tract infection.
abstract: We report 9 female patients with labial fusion and concomitant urinary tract infection. The mean age at presentation was 47 months. All except 1 patient had labial fusion extending at least 50% of the length of the labia minora. All had symptoms of urinary tract infection and a positive urine culture. We recommend that a urine culture be performed in children with labial fusion and that all girls with urinary tract infection should be checked for labial fusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Robson
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000150:complications; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000150:complications*