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Enhanced quantitative urine culture technique, a slight modification, in detecting under-diagnosed pediatric urinary tract infection.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The pediatric urinary tract infection (UTI) often remains under-diagnosed or neglected owing to non-specific clinical presentations, patients failing to describe the actual situation and of clinical practice in diagnosis. The study was aimed to determine the etiologies of UTI in children with enhanced quantitative urine culture (EQUC) technique. RESULTS:Of enrolled 570 pediatric urine samples, the significant growth positivity was higher in EQUC 92 (16.15%) compared to standard urine culture (SUC) 73 (12.80%) technique. 20.6% of the significant isolates as detected with EQUC were missed on the SUC technique. The age group, in range 1-4 years, was more prone to the infection, where E. coli was the commonest pathogen. EQUC detected, probably all isolates, contributing UTI i.e. multidrug-resistant (MDR), extensive drug-resistant (XDR), and extended-spectrum ?-lactamase (ESBL) producers, as some of them skipped on the SUC technique. Of total organisms isolated from EQUC, 46% were ESBL producer, 56.5% were MDR, and 1.4% were XDR. However, 40.5% ESBL, 44% MDR but no XDR detected on SUC. Hence a simple modification on conventional culture protocol could be a crucial modification for the detection of etiologies, contributing UTI, and hence to reduce inapt antimicrobial burden.

SUBMITTER: Thapaliya J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6942300 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enhanced quantitative urine culture technique, a slight modification, in detecting under-diagnosed pediatric urinary tract infection.

Thapaliya Januka J Khadka Priyatam P Thapa Shovana S Gongal Chenu C

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<h4>Objectives</h4>The pediatric urinary tract infection (UTI) often remains under-diagnosed or neglected owing to non-specific clinical presentations, patients failing to describe the actual situation and of clinical practice in diagnosis. The study was aimed to determine the etiologies of UTI in children with enhanced quantitative urine culture (EQUC) technique.<h4>Results</h4>Of enrolled 570 pediatric urine samples, the significant growth positivity was higher in EQUC 92 (16.15%) compared to ...[more]

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Enhanced quantitative urine culture technique, a slight modification, in detecting under-diagnosed pediatric urinary tract infection.

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Enhanced quantitative urine culture technique, a slight modification, in detecting under-diagnosed pediatric urinary tract infection.

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