Professional Documents
Culture Documents
• Common in children
• Renal damage in this group of children seen to
be caused by ??!?!?!?! VUR rather than infection
Bacterial Virulence Factors
• Cystitis
• Acute Pyelonephritis
• Urethritis
• Catheter-Associated UTIs
• Prostatitis
Localization of Infection
• Fever
• Shaking chills
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhea
• significant leukocytosis
• Leukocyte casts
• Female sex
• Prolonged catheterization
• Severe underlying illness
• Disconnection of the catheter and drainage tube
• Diagnostic procedures to accurately localize UTI are invasive and not without risk
(bladder and/or ureteral catheterization).
• Urinary NAG excretion was significantly higher in patients with upper than lower
UTI or healthy adults