title: Urinary tract infection in infants and children with diarrhoea.
abstract: To determine when children with acute diarrhoea should be investigated for urinary tract infection (UTI), we studied 120 patients and 120 healthy age- and sex-matched controls aged 4 weeks to 5 years. In those with positive or suspicious urine cultures, bacteriuria or pyuria, urine culture was repeated. We detected UTI in 8 patients (all < 2 years) and 1 boy in the control group. In those with UTI, invasive diarrhoea was observed in 1, fever in 7 and vomiting in 5 patients. In children with acute diarrhoea, investigation for UTI is only recommended for febrile, female infants aged 5-15 months.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Islamic Republic of Iran. fallahzadeh@dr.com
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Fallahzadeh
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ghane
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D017677:Age Distribution; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000209:etiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011776:Pyuria / Q000209:etiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013997:Time Factors; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000652:urine; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology