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- Title
Investigation of the rate of meningitis in association with urinary tract infection in infants 90 days of age or younger.
- Authors
Vuillermin, Peter J.; Starr, Mike
- Abstract
Objective: To test the hypothesis that urinary tract infections (UTI) in young infants are rarely associated with meningitis. Methods: We undertook a review of the laboratory results from 322 infants, 90 days of age or younger, with an admission or discharge diagnosis of UTI or meningitis. The study was conducted in a tertiary paediatric hospital. The primary outcome measure was the incidence of coexisting urinary tract and cerebrospinal fluid sepsis. Results: In total, 161 of the 322 (50%) infants with an admission or discharge diagnosis of UTI or meningitis were subsequently shown to have a culture-proven UTI. Of the children with a culture-proven UTI, 75 (47%) had cerebrospinal fluid obtained. We detected one case of probable bacterial meningitis in association with UTI. Conclusion: UTI is rarely associated with meningitis in infants 90 days of age or younger.
- Subjects
MENINGITIS; URINARY tract infections; INFANT diseases; DIAGNOSIS; CEREBROSPINAL fluid
- Publication
Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2007, Vol 19, Issue 5, p464
- ISSN
1742-6731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-6723.2007.01001.x