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lncidence of Urinary Tract Infection in Malnourished Children below 5 Years of Age | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-482 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ahmed Shemran M.Alwtaify | ||
| Abstract | ||
| During a l0 morth period ll on Octobef 2004 to July 2005 , 90 children ( 52 males & 38 females ) less ihan 5 years ofage adnifted with all gudes ol'malnutririon ro nutrirional ceDir€ iD babil nateDity & children hospital were investigated for UTI , Twenry (22.1%) had pfoven infection, in compaflson to 4 (a.a%) in well nourished children as control group. (90 children, healthy well noufished, where 47 males & 43 temales). The study has Levealed also diat UTI is mofe comnon in IST I yeal.s of age (26.9% olpositive cased in IST yeaf of life. 23.3% behveen l-3 yeaf. & 14.2% from i-5 yeao, and (50%) ofthose who wefe anrong Jb r,rld fed rfd|1 & (15%) ofbfeast fed infanr . Positive cases were mostly a symplomatic (75%) & E-coli was the commonest micro - oryanism isolated in both well & rnalnouf ished childfe | ||
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