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Aspects épidémiologiques et étiologiques de l'infection urinaire de l'enfant dans le service de pédiatrie du CHU-Campus de Lomé (Togo)

Aspects épidémiologiques et étiologiques de l'infection urinaire de l'enfant dans le service de pédiatrie du CHU-Campus de Lomé (Togo),10.1016/S0003-4

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Aspects épidémiologiques et étiologiques de l'infection urinaire de l'enfant dans le service de pédiatrie du CHU-Campus de Lomé (Togo)   (Citations: 2)
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From 1st January 1989 to 31th December 1997, 175 enfants (108 females and 67 males) were hospitalised and treated at the pediatric service of CHU-Campus for urinary tract infection; this study follows the observation of the increasing of urinary tract infection in several centers of health in Togo; the aim of this study was to have a list the contributing factors, to understand the mecanism of such infection in order to reduce its frequency and the high percent of the mortality; the diagnosis of urinary tract infection was given by the result of the cytobacteriological exam of the urine which shows the pathological germ; others forms of the investigation, as abdominal echography were used also to look for the etiology of the urinary tract infection; but, the deficit of the of the medical imagery or the old material of the laboratories limited the searching of urinary tract infection etiology; cured enfants were decleared on the basis of absence of pathological germ in the result of the cytobacteriological exam control of the urine; the prevalence of the urinary tract infection was 8.29% with an incidence of 7.84% at the pediatric service of CHU-Campus; clinics symptoms were atypic and polymorphic; but the fever was the first clinical sign in the newly born and the urological signs were clear only from two to thirthy months; 141 children (80.57%) were cured and 34 presented the complications with 3.43% of mortality; preventive measures on the urinary tract infection in enfancy were proposed for the children parents and the practical physicians; these meseares included information, education and communication (IEC) on the urinary tract infection, the symptomatology and the cytobacteriological exam of the urine.
Journal: Annales D Urologie - ANN UROL , vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 178-184, 2001
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