Bacteriuria asintomática en niños en edad escolar, en el Area Hospitalaria Nº 1. Lima

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  • Oscar Situ Departamento de Medicina
  • Augusto Yi Departamento de Medicina
  • José Isa Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

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Bacteriuria asintomática en niños

Abstract

This paper reports the preliminary results obtained from the study of asymptomatic bacteriuria in School Children population located in "El Ermitaño" (a marginal community in the outskirts of Lima) conducted during two years.The incidence is 0.74% and the annual conversion index is 0.55%, both results in the range reported by other authors. Comments about the efficacy of the method and the finding of glycosuria raising a possible explanation, are presented. The authors recommend the extension to a longitudinal study and to other age groups in order to prevent secondary effects.

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1978-03-31

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Bacteriuria asintomática en niños en edad escolar, en el Area Hospitalaria Nº 1. Lima. Acta Med Peru [Internet]. 1978 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Dec. 29];5(1-4):8-13. Available from: https://amp.cmp.org.pe/index.php/AMP/article/view/1722

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