The Possibility of Urinary Tract Infection in Primary School Students with A Diagnosis of Febrile Pharyngotonsillitis
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the commonest bacterial infection seen in children, ranking second only to those of the respiratory tract. Material & Methods: One hundred and five 6-12 years old school children with pharyngotonsillitis visit our outpatient clinic were recruited in this study. Urinalysis and mid-stream urine collection culture after disinfection of the private area were performed in all children. Serum procalcitonin, CRP and DMSA were performed in student with significant positive urine culture. Results: The urine culture results showed positive rate in 48.6%, negative rate in 39% and contamination urine culture was 12.4%. Urinalysis did not indicate the possibility of positive urine culture. Also, the procalcitonin and CRP could not indicate upper UTI when compared with the results of DMSA. Conclusion: This study indicates that urine tract evaluation is important and should be performed in children who are suspected with pharyngotonsillitis.Urinary tract infections are common in children. They may present with a range of severity form cystitis to febrile UTI or pyelonephritis. The presentation may be vague and have nonspecific symptoms. The younger the child is the more symptoms are atypical. Therefore, a UTI should be considered in all children with a fever and it is even possible associated with febrile pharyngotonsillitis [1,2]. In Scholer SJ study (1996) stated that an acute complaint of abdominal pain in children occurs in 5.1% nonscheduled visits. Close follow-up will identify the 1% to 2% who proceeds to have a more serious disease process including UTI [3]. The clinical prediction rules for UTI was developed. Its sensitivity and specificity were 0.95 and 0.31 respectively if patient confirm to have 2 or more of the following 5 variables: less than 12 months old, white race, temperature of 39 °C or higher, fever for 2 days or more, and absence of another source of fever on examination [4]. The gold standard for UTI diagnosis is significant colony counts of a single organism in urine obtained in a sterile manner. Positive urine culture was defined as 50,000 or more colony-forming units per milliliter of a urinary tract pathogen [5]. The most common uropathogens were E. coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Proteus mirabilis [6].However, children with Enterococcus species, Klebsiella species, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were significantly less likely to exhibit pyuria, positive leukocyte esterase on dipstick urinalysis than children with [7]. Moreover, high prevalence of Staphylococcus saprophyticus is in patients > 10 years and Proteus mirabilis is predominant in males [8]. Acute UTIs are relatively common in children, with 8% of girl and 2% of boys having at least one episode by seven years of age. Renal parenchymal defect are present in 3% to 15% of children within one to two years of their first diagnosed UTI. Evaluation of older children may depend on the clinical presentation and symptoms that toward a urinary source (leukocyte esterase or nitrite present on dipstick testing; pyuria of at least 10 WBC/HPF and bacteriuria on microscopy) [9]. Delay in treatment of febrile UTIs and permanent renal scarring are associated. In febrile children, clinicians should not delay testing for UTI.
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Che Sheng Huang, Chyi Sen Wu, Ng Man Tsang, Yu Cheng Liu, Wan Kong Sang
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- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2018.11.002037
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