Fever can cause pyuria in children

Observations on pyuria in children.

The diagnosis of renal tract infection rests upon the recognition of symptoms and the demonstration of pyuria. The bacteriology of catheter specimens of urine can support this diagnosis but can never form its basis as contamination occurs so readily. In acute infections symptoms are usually prominent, but in chronic pyelonephritis, where the infection may be low grade but persistent, symptoms m...

Observations on Pyuria in Children

The diagnosis of renal tract infection rests upon the recognition of symptoms and the demonstration of pyuria. The bacteriology of catheter specimens of urine can support this diagnosis but can never form its basis as contamination occurs so readily. In acute infections symptoms are usually prominent, but in chronic pyelonephritis, where the infection may be low grade but persistent, symptoms m...

Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever, a Neglected Cause of Fever in Fars Province

Tick-borne relapsing fever is an endemic disease in some parts of Iran. Borellia persica, the most common cause of this disease in Iran, has a wide geographic distribution and is present in Alborz and Zagros mountain chains.Here we report a 16–year-old male patient who presented with two episodes of fever within 15 days. He had a history of few overnight stays in a cave of mountainous area in F...

A 2-month-old male with pyuria and persistent fever.

Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatic Fever in Children

Sur 2601 admissions, chez 113 enfants at­teints de la maladie de Bouillaud, hospitalises en cinq ans dans deux services de pediatrie de Te­heran (C.H.U. de Pahlavi, C.H.U. de Logman­doleh Adham) 6 cas de manifestations cutanees  (trois cas de nodules, trois cas d'erytheme mar­ginatum) ont ete constates, trois d'entre eux souffrant d'une cardite severe et evolutive.  En Iran !'incidence des si...