Urogenit Tract Infect.  2018 Dec;13(3):58-65. 10.14777/uti.2018.13.3.58.

Analysis of Uropathogens of Febrile Urinary Tract Infection in Infant and Relationship with Vesicoureteral Reflux

• Kim KH
• Seo SH
• Lee SD
• Chung JM

• KMID: 2431249
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14777/uti.2018.13.3.58

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between uropathogens of infants with febrile urinary tract infection (UTI) and vesicoureteral reflux (VUR).
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We analyzed 308 infants hospitalized for febrile UTI between January 2010 and December 2015, and assessed the voiding cystourethrography (VCUG). The medical records, including clinical symptoms, laboratory findings, urinalysis, urine culture tests, ultrasound (US), dimercaptosuccinic acid scan, and VCUG, were retrospectively obtained. The incidences of VUR and high-grade VURs (III, IV, and V) were analyzed in 4 groups categorized by uropathogens and renal US findings.
RESULTS
The mean age of 308 infants was 3.29±2.18 months. The male-to-female ratio was 3.46:1. In urine culture tests, 267 infants (86.69%) showed single bacterial uropathogen; Escherichia coli in 241 infants (78.25%) and non-E. coli uropathogens in 26 infants (8.44%). Multiple distinctive microorganisms were identified as causative uropathogens in 41 infants (13.31%). Abnormal findings of US and VCUG were identified in 216 and 64 patients, respectively. In 308 infants, the incidences of VUR and high-grade VUR were not different among the 4 groups. In 239 male infants, the incidences of high-grade VUR were higher in patients with non-E. coli single or multiple uropathogen and with abnormal US findings (p=0.042).
CONCLUSIONS
In male infants with non-E. coli uropathogen or multiple uropathogens and with abnormal US findings at febrile UTI, there was an increased chance of finding high-grade VURs on subsequent VCUG tests.

Keyword

Urinary tract infections; Infant; Kidney; Vesicoureteral reflux

MeSH Terms

Escherichia coli
Humans
Incidence
Infant*
Kidney
Male
Medical Records
Retrospective Studies
Succimer
Ultrasonography
Urinalysis
Urinary Tract Infections*
Urinary Tract*
Vesico-Ureteral Reflux*
Succimer

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Flowchart of patient inclusion. UTI: urogential tract infection, US: ultrasound, VCUG: voiding cystourethrography, MCDK: multicystic dysplastic kidney.

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