The evaluation of children presenting with urinary tract infection (UTI) has long entailed sonography and cystography to identify all urological abnormalities that might contribute to morbidity. The identification of vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) has been of primary concern since retrospective studies from the 1930s to 1960s established a strong association between VUR, recurrent UTI, and renal c...

care and represent 1–3 per cent of all GP consultations.1 UTI reflects an infection of any part of the urinary system and can give rise to a wide spectrum of presentations including cystitis (bladder infection) and pyelonephritis (kidney and renal pelvis). Uncomplicated UTI refers to infection of a structurally and functionally normal urinary tract. Complicated UTIs occur in individuals with st...

JUSTIFICATION In 2001, the Indian Pediatric Nephrology Group formulated guidelines for management of patients with urinary tract infection (UTI). In view of emerging scientific literature, the recommendations have been reviewed. PROCESS Following a preliminary meeting in November 2010, a document was circulated among the participants to arrive at a consensus on the evaluation and management o...

Urinary tract infection is common medical problems in pediatric age group, UTI a bacterial it occurrence rate infancy boys and girls beyond incidences of higher girls. It can cause discomfort during micturition. Recurrent UTIs observed 30-50% children.

The normal urinary tract is resistant to colonisation by bacteria.' Presence of significant bacteriuria (> 105 bacteria/ml) is, however, not necessarily indicative of an infection of the urinary tract with serious consequences to the host. In fact, urinary tract infections (UTI) should be regarded as a group of infectious diseases of varying clinical severity and prognosis and therefore they de...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effect of adding point-of-care (POC) susceptibility testing to POC culture on appropriate use of antibiotics as well as clinical and microbiological cure for patients with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infection (UTI) in general practice. DESIGN Open, individually randomised controlled trial. SETTING General practice. PARTICIPANTS Women with suspected...

Urinary tract infections (UTI) can cause significant renal scarring, which can be complicated by hypertension and renal impairment. This study describes the outcome of different imaging modalities in children with UTI and its relation to age, sex and type of UTI. Our objective was to describe the frequencies of different imaging studies, which were used to investigate children with UTI at King ...

We compared the safety and efficacy of a single 400-mg dose of ofloxacin, ofloxacin (200 mg) once daily for 3 days, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (160:800 mg) twice daily for 7 days for the treatment of acute uncomplicated cystitis (urinary tract infection [UTI]) in women. At 5 weeks posttreatment, 35 (81%) of 43 patients treated with single-dose ofloxacin, 40 (89%) of 45 treated with 3 day...

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common bacterial infection in women, and it occurs with much greater frequency among elderly than among younger women and with increasing frequency among postmenopausal women. In young to middleage women, the prevalence of UTI is !5%, rising considerably with advancing age. Epidemiologic studies have shown that ∼15%–20% of 65to 70-year old women have ba...