Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infections among Children in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Urinary Tract Infections among Children

Abstract

Background: Urinary tract infection is one of the most common bacterial infections in children (UTI). 68% of febrile babies, unwell children in general practise, and older children with urinary symptoms will get a UTI. Subjects and Methods: A total of 124 patients with urinary tract infections were included in this study. Children with a fever of 37.5 degrees Celsius or higher, two episodes of vomiting in two days, pain during micturition, pain or tenderness, or a change in urine colour were included in the study. Children who had taken antibiotics in the previous two weeks were not included in the study. Results: The results of the urine culture were 102 (82.3%) instances with gramme negative bacteria culture positive. E.coli positive cultures were found in 60 (48.4%) of the samples. Klebsiella positive cultures were found in 32 instances (25.8%). Positive cultures for Staphylococcus aureus were found in 11 (8.9%) of the patients. Enterococcus positive cultures were found in 10 (8.01%) of the patients. There were 07 cases of citrobactor (5.6%). Conclusion: Urinary tract infection is a common concern among children. Nowadays, UTI affects the great majority of children. Circumcision of males and undernutrition were found to be substantially linked to UTI in our study. Gram negative bacteria were the most typically isolated microbes from urine culture.