Prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in sequential acutely unwell children presenting in primary care: exploratory study

O'Brien, Kathryn ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8099-066X, Stanton, Naomi, Edwards, Adrian G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-4446, Hood, Kerenza ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-8631 and Butler, Christopher Collett ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-3453 2011. Prevalence of urinary tract infection (UTI) in sequential acutely unwell children presenting in primary care: exploratory study. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care 29 (1) , pp. 19-22. 10.3109/02813432.2011.554268

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Abstract

Background. Due to the non-specific nature of symptoms of UTI in children and low levels of urine sampling, the prevalence of UTI amongst acutely ill children in primary care is unknown. Objectives. To undertake an exploratory study of acutely ill children consulting in primary care, determine the feasibility of obtaining urine samples, and describe presenting symptoms and signs, and the proportion with UTI. Design. Exploratory, observational study. Setting. Four general practices in South Wales. Subjects. A total of 99 sequential attendees with acute illness aged less than five years. Main outcome measure. UTI defined by >105 organisms/ml on laboratory culture of urine. Results. Urine samples were obtained in 75 (76%) children. Three (4%) met microbiological criteria for UTI. GPs indicated they would not normally have obtained urine samples in any of these three children. However, all had received antibiotics for suspected alternative infections. Conclusion. Urine sample collection is feasible from the majority of acutely ill children in primary care, including infants. Some cases of UTI may be missed if children thought to have an alternative site of infection are excluded from urine sampling. A larger study is needed to more accurately determine the prevalence of UTI in children consulting with acute illness in primary care, and to explore which symptoms and signs might help clinicians effectively target urine sampling.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
Uncontrolled Keywords:	children, diagnosis, prevalence, primary care, urinary tract infection
Publisher:	Informa Healthcare
ISSN:	0281-3432
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2022 14:12
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28924

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