Urinary Tract Infection Among Children's Under (12) Years Old In Tikrit City | ||
| Al-Mustansiriyah Journal for Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 171-177 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hussein S. Aswed AL-Qaidi; Thamer M. Jasim; ; Ibrahim A.Hussein AL | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract: A total of 160 urine samples from patient attendants to Tikrit Teaching Hospital in Tikrit during the priod from 1st June to 30 September 2001 with signs and symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infection .Only 51 urine sample (32%) were positive yielded significant Bacteruria. The result indicated that E.coli was the most frequent organism (41%) and consequently followed by Klebseilla spp., Enterobacter spp. (15.5%) and proteus mirabilus, pseudomonas aeruginosa (10%). Urinary Tract Infections are less common in male than female 19 (12%) and 32 (20%) respectively. Cell was found with bicteria in all the positive cases (the 51 urine sample). Regarding to relation of U.T.I. with age, the result showed that the most frequent infected patient was in age group of (6-8) years in both females and male 9(5.6%) and 5 (3%) respectively .The samples were examined within 30 min, specimens were cultured on blood agar, MacConky agar .and nutrient agar, | ||
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