Bacteriuria in children.

A total of 231 hospitalised children were studied for bacteriuria; they were divided into symptomatic and asymptomatic groups. The cases with significant bacteriuria (10 organisms/mi of urine) only were considered positive. Five percent of the total cases had significant bacteriuria, a large majority of them being girls. In the symptomatic group the frequency of UTI was 6% while in the asymptomatic group it was 2.7 %. The organisms isolated were E. Coli, Kiebsiella, Micrococci, Staph. albus and Enterobacter aerogenese. Most of them were sensitive to kanamycin, gentamycin, nitrofurantoin, nalidixic acid and cephaloridines (JPMA 33:197, 1983).