ABSTRACT
Etiological factors of urinary tract infection in children have been studied. The Escherichia coli, Klebsiella sp., Enterococcus sp. and Enterobacter sp. were the most often isolated bacteria from infant and baby urine. In this age group of patients uromycoses were also affirmed. From the urine of older children (1-18 years old) mainly Escherichia coli, Enterococcus sp., Proteus sp. and Morganella morganii have been raised. Uropathogens' occurrence was analysed by a statistical method in the relation to age and sex of the children. The girls in the age of 1 to 18 years were more open than boys to urinary tract infections caused by Escherichia coli and less open to infections caused by Morganella morganii and Enterococcus sp.
Subject(s)
Enterobacteriaceae Infections/diagnosis , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/microbiology , Enterobacteriaceae/isolation & purification , Urinary Tract Infections/microbiology , Adolescent , Candidiasis/diagnosis , Child , Child, Preschool , Enterobacteriaceae Infections/epidemiology , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Poland/epidemiology , Risk Factors , Sex Distribution , Sex Factors , Urinary Tract Infections/diagnosis , Urinary Tract Infections/epidemiologyABSTRACT
The nature of bacterial isolates from children with clinically suspected urinary tract infections (UTI) was studied. The susceptibility of urinary pathogens to selected antibiotics was determined. The results clearly show that E. coli was identified as the main causative agent of UTI children (67% of isolates). The second commonest pathogen was P. mirabilis (10%). Over half E. coli isolates were resistant to amino-penicilins but almost all isolates (over 80%) were sensitive to antimicrobial agents combined with beta-lactamase inhibitors. We found significantly high percentage (32.5%) of ESBL strains among K. pneumoniae isolates.
