Apparently healthy urinary bacteriology in children

• Autores: Burstein de Herrera, S., Domínguez Navarrete, N., Villanueva, D.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1968
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/5272
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/5272
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto

Bacteriological study of urine of 350 apparently healthy children who were divided into groups according to the various stages of childhood ago. In each study urine sediment , gram staining and the qualitative and quantitative culture was performed. The study revealed three maximum sediment leukocytes per microscopic field in 12.3 % of things and 1-2 erythrocytes per field in 6.28 %. No clear cylinders or inflammatory cells were observed . QRAM by coloring germs no sediment or total urine were detected. The qualitative culture was positive in 58% of cases have been isolated most often staphylococcus , coli and Klebsiella . However, quantitative culture revealed that the germ count did not exceed the threshold of 5 x 103, and that most cases ( 71 % ) had less than 1,000 bacteria per ml. , Or that were merely contaminants. This shows the importance of quantitative culture to differentiate true bacteriuria from contamination in the urine of children, in which there is great difficulty in obtaining a urine sample in good condition.