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- Title
Prevalence of renal anomalies after urinary tract infections in hospitalized infants less than 2 months of age.
- Authors
Nowell, L.; Moran, C.; Smith, P. B.; Seed, P.; Alexander, B. D.; Cotten, C. M.; Wiener, J. S.; Benjamin, D. K.
- Abstract
Objective:Our aim was to determine the incidence of anatomical abnormalities after a urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants <2 months of age hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Study Design:This was a retrospective, single-center cohort study of infants <2 months of age in the NICU with a UTI and documented renal imaging.Result:We identified 141 infants with UTIs. The mean gestational age and birth weight were 28 weeks and 1254 g, respectively. The most commonly identified pathogen was coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (28%, 44 of 156). A major abnormality was found on at least one imaging study for 4% (5 of 118) of infants. Major abnormalities were noted on 4% (5 of 114) of renal ultrasounds and 2% (2 of 82) of voiding cystourethrography examinations.Conclusion:Among infants in the NICU <2 months of age at the time of a UTI, the prevalence of major anatomical abnormalities is <5%.
- Subjects
NEWBORN infant care; URINARY organs; COMMUNICABLE diseases; CRITICAL care medicine; OBSTETRICS
- Publication
Journal of Perinatology, 2010, Vol 30, Issue 4, p281
- ISSN
0743-8346
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/jp.2009.147