Utility of Screening Test in Early Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Children

Abstract

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is recognized increasingly as a common cause of fever in young children. Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common serious bacterial infection in childhood. However, clinical findings indicative of UTI in this group are often subtle and nonspecific, with fever often the only finding (Gorelick et al., 1999). The importance of UTIs is reflected not only by their frequency but also by the range of clinical severity that may occur, from asymptomatic to mild or moderate symptomatic lower UTI to bacteremia and septic shock. In addition, it has been shown that UTIs with fever in young children increase the probability of kidney involvement and are associated with an increased risk of underlying nephrourologic abnormalities and consequent renal scarring (Christopher et al., 2016). It affects male children more than female in first year of life and female after 1 year of age. There are several risk factors for pediatric urinary tract infections. Neonates and infants in their first few months of life are at International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 01 (2019) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com