Enhanced quantitative urine culture technique, a slight modification, in detecting under-diagnosed pediatric urinary tract infection.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The pediatric urinary tract infection (UTI) often remains under-diagnosed or neglected owing to non-specific clinical presentations, patients failing to describe the actual situation and of clinical practice in diagnosis. The study was aimed to determine the etiologies of UTI in children with enhanced quantitative urine culture (EQUC) technique. RESULTS:Of enrolled 570 pediatric urine samples, the significant growth positivity was higher in EQUC 92 (16.15%) compared to standard urine culture (SUC) 73 (12.80%) technique. 20.6% of the significant isolates as detected with EQUC were missed on the SUC technique. The age group, in range 1-4 years, was more prone to the infection, where E. coli was the commonest pathogen. EQUC detected, probably all isolates, contributing UTI i.e. mul

SUBMITTER: Thapaliya J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942300 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature