RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Urinary Tract Infections in Young Infants
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 409
OP 412
VO 69
IS 4
A1 Ginsburg, Charles M.
A1 McCracken, George H.
YR 1982
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/69/4/409.abstract
AB The clinical and laboratory features of urinary tract infections in 100 infants aged 5 days to 8 months are presented. Of the patients in the first three months of life 75% were boys, and of infants aged 3 to 8 months only 11% were boys; 95% of the infants were uncircumcised. Sepsis was documented in 31% of neonates, 21% of infants aged 1 to 2 months, 14% of those aged 2 to 3 months, and 5.5% of infants >3 months of age. Roentgenographic abnormalities of the urinary system were found in 45% of female and 7% of male infants. All infants responded promptly to antimicrobial therapy. The possible factors related to the predominance of male infants with urinary tract infections in the first three months of life are discussed.