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The evaluation of urinary tract infections in children: A study of the use of urine dipstick

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Dr. K Srinivas Rao, 2Dr. K Bhargavi, 3Dr. Suresh Thomas

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Background and objective: The purpose of this research was to determine whether a urine dipstick may be useful for detecting urinary tract infections in kids. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the urine nitrite and leukocyte esterase tests in comparison to the gold standard of UTI diagnosis, which is a urine culture. Method: Urine microscopy, urine dipstick, and urine culture were used to diagnose UTI in children aged 2-12 who presented to the emergency room or were admitted to the Department of Paediatrics, Kamineni Institute of Medical Sciences, Narketpally, Telangana, India, with symptoms consistent with UTI or fever without detectable focus. One hundred patients made up the research population. It was prospective research from the year April 2021 to May 2022, that took place in hospitals. Statistical methods were used to examine the data.

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