Volume 13, Issue 3 (Scientific Journal of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences-Autumn 2006)                   Avicenna J Clin Med 2006, 13(3): 25-28 | Back to browse issues page

XML Persian Abstract Print


Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:

Dehdashtian M, Eshagh Hosseini K. Determination of Incidence of Urinary Tract Infection in Infants with Prolonged Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia. Avicenna J Clin Med 2006; 13 (3) :25-28
URL: http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-472-en.html
1- , Dehdashtian@ajums.ac.ir
Abstract:   (4247 Views)

Introduction & Objective: Jaundice is the most clinical finding in the neonatal period. Prolonged indirect hyperbilirubinemia, beyond 10 days, occur in 20% to 30% of all breast fed infants and, in some of them, may persist for up to 3 months.

American academy of pediatrics does not recommend evaluation for infection in such infants. Our goal was to determine the incidence of urinary tract infection in asymptomatic infants older than 10 days and younger than 60 days with prolonged unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia.

Materials & Methods: We prospectively evaluated 163 infants with prolonged jaundice for UTI. First, the urine samples were collected by urine bags. All infants with bacterial count³10000 were re-examined by suprapubic aspiration of urine.

Results: Only one of 163 patients (0.6%) had UTI.

Conclusion: According to the prevalence of UTI in asymptomatic newborn (0.1% to 1%), we suggest that testing for UTI is not indicated as a part of diagnostic evaluation of asymptomatic infants with prolonged indirect hyperbilirubinemia.

Full-Text [PDF 135 kb]   (2921 Downloads)    
Type of Study: Original | Subject: Other Clinical Specialties

Add your comments about this article : Your username or Email:
CAPTCHA

Send email to the article author


Rights and permissions
Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

© 2024 CC BY-NC 4.0 | Avicenna Journal of Clinical Medicine

Designed & Developed by : Yektaweb