title: Asymptomatic bacteriuria in school children in a rural area, Egypt.
abstract: Forty hundred and fifty urine samples collected from school children in a rural area were screened for the presence of significant bacteriuria. The incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria was found to be 7% with Predominance in females (11%) than in males (3.6%). From the total bacterial isolates E. coli were isolated in 18% of cases, Co-agulase positive staphylococci in 30%, co-agulase negative staphylococci in 15%, streptococcus pyogenes in 6%, Klebsiella species in 9% and enterococci in 21% of cases. There was no difference between the incidence of asymptomatic bacteriuria (ABU) in younger children than in older ones. We recommended a routine screening for ABU among school children for the early diagnosis and management of such cases.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al Azhar University.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: el-Gamal
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Saleh
mesh_terms: D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D002648:Child; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors