September 2008. Volume 4. Number 3

Los lactantes con fiebre y los niños con síntomas urinarios tienen una prevalencia de infección urinaria cercana al 7%.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Sahikh N, Morone NE, Bost JE, Farell MX. Prevalence of urinary tract infection in childhood. A meta-analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27:302-8
Reviewers: Orejón de Luna G1, Ochoa Sangrador C2.
1CS General Ricardos. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
Correspondence: Gloria Orejón de Luna. Email: gloriaglo04@gmail.com
Reception date: 14/07/2008
Acceptance date: 04/08/2008
Publication date: 01/09/2008

Abstract

Authors’s conclusions: The prevalence of urinary tract infection varied with age, gender, race, and circumcision status. Uncircumcised male infants less than 3 months of age and females less than 12 months of age had the highest baseline prevalence of urinary tract infection.

Reviewer’s commentary: Implications for practice: to know the estimation of the risk of urinary tract infection in childhood, according to different variables, may be useful to perform a diagnostic hypothesis and a more appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic management, particularly in primary care.
Implications for research: further studies of prevalence, methodologically appropriate, are needed, primarily in older children and primary care patients.

How to cite this article

Orejón de Luna G, Ochoa Sangrador C. Los lactantes con fiebre y los niños con síntomas urinarios tienen una prevalencia de infección urinaria cercana al 7%. Evid Pediatr 2008;4:54.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Sahikh N, Morone NE, Bost JE, Farell MX. Prevalence of urinary tract infection in childhood. A meta-analysis. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2008;27:302-8
Reviewers: Orejón de Luna G1, Ochoa Sangrador C2.
1CS General Ricardos. Madrid. España.
2Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Virgen de la Concha. Zamora. España.
Correspondence: Gloria Orejón de Luna. Email: gloriaglo04@gmail.com
Reception date: 14/07/2008
Acceptance date: 04/08/2008
Publication date: 01/09/2008

How to cite this article

Orejón de Luna G, Ochoa Sangrador C. Los lactantes con fiebre y los niños con síntomas urinarios tienen una prevalencia de infección urinaria cercana al 7%. Evid Pediatr 2008;4:54.

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