Kidney imaging in management of delayed febrile urinary tract infection
Joint Authors
Shoaran, Maryam
Sayedzadeh, Sayyid Abu al-Hasan
Nemati, Masud
Malaki, Majid
Source
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation
Issue
Vol. 22, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1160-1163, 4 p.
Publisher
Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation
Publication Date
2011-12-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
4
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
We report a cross-sectional study performed to evaluate the imaging findings of 40 children, aged one month to five years (16.65 ± 14.97 months), who presented with protracted fever of more than 48 hours due to urinary tract infection (UTI).
About 85 % of the patients had positive Tc99-Dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA) scan and 58% had vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).
Kidney sonography aided in the diagnosis and treatment in 10 % of the patients.
Age, sex, presence or laterality of VUR did not contribute to defective DMSA scan (pyelonephritis) (P > 0.05).
Delayed diagnosis and treatment of febrile UTI is associated with a high incidence of positive findings of DMSA scan irrespective of age, sex or presence / absence of VUR.
In mild VUR, the DMSA scan may be normal while in patients with moderate and severe VUR the DMSA scan is almost always abnormal.
Thus, our study shows that a normal DMSA scan can help in ruling out moderate to severe forms of VUR and that cystography remains an excellent and standard tool for the diagnosis of VUR.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Sayedzadeh, Sayyid Abu al-Hasan& Malaki, Majid& Shoaran, Maryam& Nemati, Masud. 2011. Kidney imaging in management of delayed febrile urinary tract infection. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation،Vol. 22, no. 6, pp.1160-1163.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Sayedzadeh, Sayyid Abu al-Hasan…[et al.]. Kidney imaging in management of delayed febrile urinary tract infection. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation Vol. 22, no. 6 (Dec. 2011), pp.1160-1163.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Sayedzadeh, Sayyid Abu al-Hasan& Malaki, Majid& Shoaran, Maryam& Nemati, Masud. Kidney imaging in management of delayed febrile urinary tract infection. Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation. 2011. Vol. 22, no. 6, pp.1160-1163.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 1163
Record ID
BIM-293491