Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Prevalence of urinary tract infections in febrile children admitted in tertiary care institute of Uttar Pradesh

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1Dr. Thakur Vikrant Anand, 2Dr. Vaibhav Jain, 3Dr. Mohd. Waseeque Khan, 4Dr. Shiba

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Background: Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) are a common cause of fever and are one of the most common bacterial infections seen in children. It is the most common reason that make under 5 children visit Emergency/Outpatient departments. The reported rate of recurrent UTI is around 12- 30% with risk greater in Infants < 6 months, severe vesico-ureteric reflux and abnormal nuclear renal scans at time of first infection.

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