| Autor: |
Taheri Mehri, Ziaei-Kajbaf Tahereh, Mohsenpourian Khadijeh, Amouri Parisa, Aminzadeh Majid |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, Vol 6, Iss 8, Pp 65-68 (2017) |
| ISSN: |
2319-5886 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Diarrhoea is responsible for nearly 18% of total deaths in children. In early childhood, symptoms of diarrhoea may be similar to urinary tract infection (UTI). This study was designed to determine the prevalence of UTI and its antibiotic sensitivity in children hospitalized with acute diarrhoea. Methods: All cases of acute diarrhoea aging 1-60 months and hospitalized in 2009-2011 in Abuzar children’s hospital (the main referring educational hospital in southwestern Iran) were enrolled. They were included if diarrhoea lasted 3 times a day and antibiotics were not used in the past two days. Sensitivity and resistance of cultures were evaluated for common antibiotics. Results: Out of the total 575 subjects, 31 (5.4%; 18 males ≈ 58%, 13 females ≈ 42%) were confirmed to have a UTI. There was no sex difference (P=0.012), but 77.4% of the subjects were |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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