Archive | 2021
Urinary tract infection in children presenting with diarrhea
Abstract
Acute diarrhea is common in infants and children and is the second most common bacterial infection. Diagnostic algorithms classify diarrhea as either infectious or noninfectious. Infectious diarrhea is caused by direct infection of the gastrointestinal tract by microorganisms. Very little consideration is usually given to diarrhea in patients with infectious diseases that do not primarily affect the gastrointestinal tract but are systemic or affect other organ systems. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is the third most common bacterial infection in infants and young children in developing countries after those of respiratory and gastrointestinal tract infection. Because of nonspecific signs and vague symptoms in very young children, they may remain unrecognized, and therefore precise data on incidence and prevalence of UTI is not available. The commonest age for occurrence of first urinary tract infection is first year of life in both sexes but particularly in boys which mainly affect the upper urinary tract. Rapid evaluation and treatment of urinary tract infection is important to prevent renal parenchymal damage and renal ABSTRACT