CORRELATION OF ABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY FINDINGS WITH THE
AGE OF CHILDREN WITH CULTURE POSITIVE URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Background: Urinary tract infection(UTI) is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in children, especially complicated UTI. In this study we have tried to see the correlation of Ultrasound abdomen ndings with age of the culture positive UTI patients. Objectives: to look at the age and sex distribution of patients with culture positive UTI and to look for the correlation of ultrasound abdomen ndings with the age of culture positive UTI patients Methods: It was a hospital based observational study conducted in one of the busiest hospitals of Jorhat over a period of 12 months. Urine culture reports of all patients were traced from the hospital laboratory data. Ultrasound abdomen was done in patients with positive urine culture report . Results: Total 206 urine samples were tested from suspected cases out of which 43(21%) were culture positive urinary tract infection. UTI was more in girls as compared to boys. The male : female ratio was found to be 3:1 in children less than 2 years and in children more than 2 years female outnumbered males(1:2 , 2:3 and 1:6 in children between the age group of 2 to 5 years, 6-9years and 10 to 14 years respectively). Cystitis(p=0.22) and hydronephrosis(0.27) had no signicant correlation with the age of the UTI patients whereas Pyelonephritis(p=0.03) had signicant correlation with age of UTI patients. All the patients who had pyelonephritis were less than 5 years of age. Conclusion: UTI is an important cause of mortality and morbidity in children and younger children are more prone to complications. So a collective effort should be made to diagnose such patients earlier and treat them adequately with judicious use of antibiotics.