ΣΥΝΤΟΜΟ ΣΧΗΜΑ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΙΑΣ ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΑΝΤΙΜΕΤΩΠΙΣΗ ΤΩΝ ΟΥΡΟΛΟΙΜΩΞΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΚΗΣ ΗΛΙΚΙΑΣ

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EVALUATE WHETHER A 3-DAY COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS WAS AS EFFECTIVE AS THE CONVENTIONAL 7-10 DAYS COURSE IN CHILDREN WITH UNCOMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS. FORTY NINE CHILDREN (11 BOYS AND 38 GIRLS) AGED 30 DAYS TO 14 YEARS OLD WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY WHERE THE URINARY TRACT INFECTION WAS DIAGNOSED FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE PRESENCE OF AN ANATOMIC MALFORMATION OF THE URINARY TRACT WAS EXCLUDED BY APPROPRIATE RADIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION. THE MOST FREQUENT ORGANISM ISOLATED WAS E. COLI (82%) FOLLOWED BY PROTEUS SPECIES (12%0 WHILE OTHER ORGANISMS WERE LESS FREQUENTLY ISOLATED (6%). THE CHILDREN WERE RANDOMLY ALLOCATED IN TWO GROUPS. IN THE FIRST GROUP (24 CHILDREN) THE DURATION WAS 10 DAYS COFRIMOXAZOLE WAS THE ANTIBIOTIC ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY USED. URINE CULTURES WERE OBTAINED ON THE 3RD DAY OF THE COURSE OF THERAPY AS WELL AS 1 WEEK 1, 2, 3, 6, 8 AND 12 MONTHS AFTER THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE ANTIBIOTIC. ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS SHOWED: 1) DISAPPEARANCE OF BACTERIUM BY THE 3RD DAY OF TREATMENT IN ALL PATIENTS, 2) THE RELAPSE RATE DURING FOLLOW-UP WAS THE SAME IN BOTH GROUPS (5 AND 4 CHILDREN), 3) ALL RELAPSES OCCURED WITHIN THE FIRST 3 MONTHS FROM THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY. WE CONCLUDE THAT 3 DAYS ANTIBIOTIC COURSE FOR THE TREATMENT OF UNCOMPLICATED URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS IS AS EFFECTIVE AS THE 10 DAYS COURSE.

Grantor dc:publisher

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Year dc:date

1983

Authors dc:creator

• Kouroukakis, Georgios
• Κουράκης, Γεώργιος

• Ουρολοιμώξεις
• ΠΑΙΔΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ ΝΕΦΡΟΛΟΓΙΑ
• Urinary tract infections
• Ιατρική και Επιστήμες Υγείας
• Κλινική Ιατρική
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Clinical Medicine

Language dc:language

gre

Identifier

10.12681/eadd/0372

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:10442/0372