title: High Frequency of Staphylococcus Saprophyticus Urinary Tract Infections Among Female Adolescents.
abstract: Staphylococcus saprophyticus is a rarely reported agent of urinary tract infection (UTI) in the pediatric population. In our retrospective 3-year study, S. saprophyticus comprised 24.5% of 106 isolates of UTIs in female adolescents 12-15 years of age who attended an emergency department. Clinicians should be aware of the high prevalence of this etiology when empirically treating UTIs in female adolescents.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitário of University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Denise Swei
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Huei Hsin
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Shieh
authors.forename: Eliane Roseli
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Barreira
authors.forename: Selma Lopes Betta
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ragazzi
authors.forename: Alfredo Elias
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Gilio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D057790:Staphylococcus saprophyticus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*