Premium
THE SEX VARIABLE IN CHILDHOOD URINARY‐TRACT INFECTION
Author(s) -
BAHNA SAMI L.,
TORP K. H.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1975.tb03886.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pyuria , pediatrics , urinary system , bacteriuria , disease , medical record , reflux , surgery
Bahna, S. L. and Torp, K. H. (Department of Paediatrics, County Hospital of Troms, Tromsö, Norway). The sex variable in childhood urinary‐tract infection. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:581, 1975.–Sex differences in childhood urinary‐tract infection have been looked for by reviewing the medical records of all patients who were admitted to one medical centre during a certain time period. There were 240 patients; 26 males and 214 females, all under 14 years of age. The disease in boys–as compared with that in girls–was found to be characterized by an earlier onset, a shorter delay in diagnosis, and a shorter duration; but a higher frequency of malformations, a greater number of ^hospitalizations, and a greater need for surgical intervention. Proteus infection was found more frequently in boys, while Enterococcus and Staphylococcus were more frequent in girls. The initial symptomatology did not show any significant sex difference except in late childhood where the non‐specific symptoms were more common in females. No sex difference was noted with respect to the frequency of vesicoureteric reflux or of bacteriuria without pyuria. It seems that the sex variable in this disease is worth considering in dealing with individual patients as well as in presenting data on a series of patients.