A survey of urinary tract infection in febrile children under two years old in al-Diwania city

Abstract EN

-Background :UTIs in febrile children is still a problem that is frequently encountered by pediatric health care providers.

Objective: To establish the prevalence of urinary tract infection in febrile children < two years old in outpatient clinic.

Demographic and clinical parameters.

Methods: A cross sectional study evolving 662 child their age < 2 years presenting to the outpatient clinic of Maternity and Teaching Hospital in AL-Diwania city with fever (≥38C) and did not have a definite source of infection and do not receiving antibiotics in the last 48 hr and not immunosuppressive .

Results: overall prevalence of UTI(growth of >10 CFU/ml) was 8.9% with high prevalence rate among ,female uncircumcised male more liable to have infection than circumcised one.

Infant less than 6 months of age often presented with little symptoms and more liable to had severe infection .32% of patients has previous history of UTI.

And 40% have renal system abnormality on ultrasound assessment .gram –ve bacteria is the most causative agent that responsible for infection of the urinary tract.