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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 3 Issue 4</issue_number>
<issue_period>2012(October - December)</issue_period>
<title>URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN UNDER 12 YEARS OLD IN GAZA CITY PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS </title>
<abstract> One hundred and forty six cases (out of 439 urine samples) were identified as confirmed positive UTI cases. The prevalence rate of UTI was 33 %. Females were harbored UTI infection more frequently than males, 81.5 %, and 18.5 %, respectively. The highest infected groups were 13-36 months (35 %), and 37-72 months (33 %). The samples confirmed as positive were 82.7 % of the mid stream, 65.8 % of sterile bag, and 100 % of samples collected by catheters. The frequency of isolated uropathogens were  lessThan i greaterThan E. coli lessThan /i greaterThan  71.9 %,  lessThan i greaterThan Klebsiella pneumonia lessThan /i greaterThan  9.6 %,  lessThan i greaterThan Proteus mirabilis lessThan /i greaterThan  7.5 %,  lessThan i greaterThan Pseudomonas lessThan /i greaterThan   lessThan i greaterThan aeruginosa  lessThan /i greaterThan 5.5 %,  lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus sp lessThan /i greaterThan  1.4 %,  lessThan i greaterThan Acinatobacter sp lessThan /i greaterThan  0.7 %,  lessThan i greaterThan Enterococcus sp lessThan /i greaterThan  0.7 %,  lessThan i greaterThan Enterobacter sp lessThan /i greaterThan  0.7 %, and  lessThan i greaterThan Candida sp lessThan /i greaterThan  2.1 %. The most effective antibiotic were imipenem 95.8 %, Amikcin 91.0 %, Ciprofloxacin 86.7 %, Ceftazidime 84 %, Cefotaxime 81.1 %, Ceftriaxone 80.4 %, Gentamycin 79.7 %, Cefuraxime 74.1 %, Nalidixic acid 67.1 %, and Nitrofurantoin 65.0. The study emphasize a significance proportion of children suffering from UTI and therefore a appropriate strategies should be implemented to increase awareness of UTI and its complications particularly in children</abstract>
<authors>AHMED SM ABU SAMAHA</authors>
<keywords>Urinary tract infection; Antibiotic susceptibil Uropathogen ity;; Vesicoureteral reflux</keywords>
<pages>802-813</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
