Urinary tract infection among children - A study at a tertiary pediatric care hospital in Hyderabad, India
Urinary tract infection among children - A study at a tertiary pediatric care hospital in Hyderabad, India
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is considered as the most common bacterial infectious disease seen among the pediatric patients. Pediatric urinary tract infections are associated with high morbidity and long term complications like renal scaring, hypertension and chronic renal failure The epidemiology of UTI during childhood varies by age, gender and other factors (Bickerton and Ducket, 1985). Most commonly bacteria causes of UTI in children are members of Enterobacteriaceae, particularly uropatho