Urinary findings in asymptomatic subjects with spina bifida treated with intermittent catheterization.
The urines from 43 asymptomatic children with spina bifida were examined. Eighty-one percent were abnormal because of bacteriuria and pyuria (51%), bacteriuria alone (26%) or pyuria alone (5%). Interleukin-8 was elevated in 54% of the abnormal urines. The presence of pyuria and interleukin 8 suggests that the asymptomatic bacteriuria reflects low grade infection rather than colonization.
Szucs
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Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA.
O'Neil
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Faden
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000652:urine; D008297:Male; D011776:Pyuria / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000652:urine*; D016482:Urinalysis; D014546:Urinary Catheterization
D016209:Interleukin-8