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Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection Through Urine Culture in Newborns
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MEHRAN HESARAKI
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Recognizing the predisposing affecting the exacerbation or jaundice can be effective in reducing the severity and control
of this disease, as well as controlling the initial problem.One of these factors is UTI, which is a common and serious
problem in neonates, so that if it is timely diagnosed and decisively treated and necessary follow-up is done for the
underlying cause, its complications can be mitigated. It can affect the entire life of a human.This descriptive analytical
study was conducted on infants less than eight weeks old who were hospitalized due to jaundice in the neonatal ward of
Amiralmomenin Ali (AS) Hospital in Zabol. This study was performed on 100 infants less than eight weeks old with
icterus in the neonatal ward of Amiralmomenin Hospital (AS) in Zabol city in 2014.Out of 100 neonates examined in the
present study, the urine culture of 27 subjects (27%) was positive and that of 73 subjects (73%) was negative. In other
words, 27 cases of 49 studies cases has positive urine culture and total incidence of urinary tract infections in neonates
was 27%. Urinalysis testing is not a sensitive test for the diagnosis of urinary tract infections in newborns. If you only
want to request urine culture based on the results of a urine test, it will make a mistake in diagnosis. The rate of urinary
tract infection in newborns with prolonged jaundice is more prevalent in comparison with healthy infants.On the other
hand, the prevalence of UTI in boys, preterm infants, cesarean section, and low weight infants fed with milk powder is
higher in comparison with girls, term infantds, normal delivery infants, high birth weight infants, and those feeding on
breast milk.
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urinary tract ,infection, urine culture, newborns
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