Urinary tract infection in children: Descriptive, microbiological and ultrasonic study

Sulaiman Erzaiq, Zainab

	Urinary tract infection in children: Descriptive, microbiological and ultrasonic study
Tikrit Journal of Pure Science
Article 1, Volume 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 27-36
Author
Zainab Sulaiman Erzaiq
Abstract
A descriptive, microbiological and ultrasonic study was done on 100 patients with urinary tract infection under age of 10 years attending pediatric Department of Tikrit Teaching Hospital during the period from 1st of February to the last of October 2007. The patients were divided into two groups (50 patients for each), the first group were with first attack of urinary tract infection and the second group were with recurrent urinary tract infection. Most of the patients in the first group (60%) were between the ages of 5-10 years, and most of them were males (58%)and they were from the urban areas (64%), while those with recurrent infections were at the ages range between 1-5 years (88%) , most of them were females (86%) and they were also from the urban areas (88%). The commonest presentation of patients with the first attack urinary tract infection was urgency (44%) while those in the second group present with failure to gain weight (98%). E.coli was the most commonly isolated microorganism in both groups with regard to age as well as for sex of patients ( 56% and 66% respectively). Cystitis was the commonest ultrasonic picture in patients with first attack of urinary tract infection (58%)while bladder wall thickening was the commonest picture in the recurrent attack group (66%).

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