The First Urinary Tract Infection in Male Children

Abstract

\s=b\In a prospective study of urinary tract infection in 57 boys, diagnosis in 50 patients was based on the presence of more than 105 organisms per milliliter of urine. Gram-positive cocci were more prevalent, and Escherichia coli was less prevalent than previously reported in girls. Fever and urinary tract abnormalities were frequent in boys younger than 10 years of age; less common in boys 10 to 14 years old. Excretory urography and voiding cystourethrography were performed in 30 boys. In 15, one or both showed abnormalities, usually vesicoureteral reflux.Most of the abnormalities, and all of those that necessitated surgical correction, were in boys under 10 years old. In the remaining seven patients, less than 103 organisms per milliliter grew on urine culture. All of the seven were younger than 10 years of age, and all had serious renal abnormalities, three requiring surgical correction.(Am J Dis Child 130: [810][811][812][813] 1976) Urinary tract infections in boys differ in frequency and prog¬ nosis from those occurring in girls. Although such infections tend to be more serious in male than in female patients, ' carrying a greater threat of chronic renal disease and a higher mortality, these have received little

Radiological profile of children under 2 years of age from South India with urinary tract infection

“…Cohen M. et al 8 in their prospective study found VUR in 10% of cases. Ginsburg CM et al 6 found VUR in 19% of cases, 13% having bilateral reflux.…”

Diagnostic and therapeutic management of vesico‐ureteral reflux in pediatric kidney transplantation—Results of an online survey on behalf of the European Society for Paediatric Nephrology

“…With regard to the modes of surgical intervention, the less invasive endoscopic subureteral injection technique is the preferred intervention modality for symptomatic and asymptomatic VUR, followed by open surgical options, which still represent the gold standard in terms of success 27,28,32,39,40 . In addition, the success rate of a redo‐UCN after a subureteral injection is lower than that of a redo‐UCN without prior injection 28 …”

Antibiotic susceptibility and imaging findings of the causative microorganisms responsible for acute urinary tract infection in children: a five-year single center study

“…According to Cohen et al25), UTI caused by E. coli was most frequently seen among boys, but the frequency of UTI caused by E. coli was significantly different between boys and girls, that is, it was 88% in girls but 62% in boys. E. coli infections accounted for 81.4% of the UTIs included in this study, and this value was similar to the values in other reports13-15, 23-28).…”