SynthesisBMC pediatrics2019
The prevalence and risk of urinary tract infection in malnourished children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Summary of best evidence on health education for pediatric urinary tract infections.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Magnitude and associated factors of bacterial urinary tract infections among paediatric patients in Arba Minch, southern Ethiopia.New microbes and new infections · 2023Article
- Microbiological Characterisation of Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections in Bagamoyo, Tanzania: A Prospective Study.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2022Article
- Trends and risk factors of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase urinary tract infection in Chinese children: a nomogram is built and urologist should act in time.Translational pediatrics · 2022Article
- Paediatric nephrology in under-resourced areas.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2022Review
- Bacterial and Fungal Profile, Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Pathogens and Associated Risk Factors of Urinary Tract Infection Among Symptomatic Pediatrics Patients Attending St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College: A Cross-Sectional Study.Infection and drug resistance · 2022Article
- Extensive drug-resistance in strains ofJournal of Taibah University Medical Sciences · 2021Article
- Impact of early-life weight status on urinary tract infections in children: a nationwide population-based study in Korea.Epidemiology and health · 2021Article
- Impact of Heat-KilledNutrients · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere are vast differences in prevalence rates of urinary tract infection (UTI) reported among malnourished children globally. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide estimates of pooled prevalence of UTI among these children and combined UTI risk in comparison with their well-nourished counterparts.
methodsWe systematically searched electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science and African Journals Online; date of the last search: 22 December 2018) for studies reporting either the prevalence of UTI in malnourished children or parallel healthy controls. Eligible primary studies were observational studies of children in English Language reporting UTI prevalence with background malnutrition or with enough data to compute these estimates, as well as studies which reported at the same time UTI prevalence in healthy controls. We synthesized published prevalence rates or associations (odds ratios [OR]) between malnutrition and UTI and their 95% confidence intervals (CI) using random effects meta-regression and explored potential heterogeneity determinants using meta-regression analysis. This review is registered with PROSPERO, number- CRD42018084765.
resultsWe included 26 cross-sectional and 8 case-control studies reporting on UTI prevalence in malnourished children, and in malnourished children vs. healthy controls, respectively. The pooled prevalence of UTI in 3294 malnourished children was 17% (95% CI, 13, 21%). Heterogeneity was high (I
conclusionsUTI is more prevalent in malnourished children than in their well-nourished counterparts. Screening and treatment for UTI should be incorporated in the management protocol of malnourished children to improve disease outcomes.
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