The incidence of urinary tract infections in febrile children during a two-year period in Tehran, Iran.
Of 433 febrile children examined in the paediatric clinics of two university hospitals in Tehran, Iran, 39 (9%) children (27 girls and 12 boys) were diagnosed as having urinary tract infection in which Escherichia coli was the most frequently detected pathogen (84.6%). According to the voiding cystourethrogram, nine (75%) boys and 17 (63%) girls had urinary tract abnormalities. This result is slightly higher than seen in other reports from developing countries.
Panahi
Yunes
Y
Baqiyatallah Medical Sciences University - Research Center of Chemical Injuries, Tehran, PO Box 199 45/581, Islamic Republic of Iran. yunespanahi@bmsu.ac.ir
Beiraghdar
Fatemeh
F
Moharamzad
Yashar
Y
Matinzadeh
Zahra Khalili
ZK
Einollahi
Behzad
B
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology