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Prevalence of Urinary tract infections in children and their sensitivity to various antibiotics

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Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common infections of childhood and its prevalence varies markedly with sex and age. In this study, urinary specimens from 200 children under 14 years of age suffering from urinary tract infections were investigated for bacterial agents. The most common bacterial agents of urinary tract infections were Escherichia coli (71.7% of total isolates in both sexes) followed by Klebsiella sp. (15.3%), Staphylococcus aureus (4.3%), Proteus sp. (4.3%) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.3%). Infections were more commonly diagnosed in boys (62.8%) than girls (37.2%), particularly with
E. coli, but the infection is more in females in age group 2-14 years (17.7%) when compared to boys (10.9%). The isolated bacteria were most sensitive to aminoglycosides: gentamycin, amikacin, ceftriazone, ceftizoxime and cephoperazone

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J. Acad. Indus. Res. Vol. 1(4) September 2012

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