URINARY-TRACT INFECTION IN ADOLESCENT BOYS

Authors
KHAN AJ SCHAEFFER HA EVANS H
Citation
Aj. Khan et al., URINARY-TRACT INFECTION IN ADOLESCENT BOYS, Journal of the National Medical Association, 88(1), 1996, pp. 25-26
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Journal of the National Medical Association → ACNP
ISSN journal
00279684
Volume
88
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
25 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0027-9684(1996)88:1<25:UIIAB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Clinical and laboratory features of 21 adolescent males with urinary t ract infections were studied. Sixty-seven percent were symptomatic and 80% revealed abnormalities on initial urinalysis. Forty-eight percent showed structural anomalies of the urinary tract. Recurrences were ob served only in those having abnormalities of the urinary tract.