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Table 1 Study population of 565 infants and children with a suspected urinary tract infection

From: Diaper-embedded urine test device for the screening of urinary tract infections in children: a cohort study

Characteristic

Population n (%)

Girls

Boys

All

Total

312 (55.2)

253 (44.8)

 

Age (months) mean (SD)

12.4 (14.5)

11.2 (9.8)

11.8 (12.6)

Sample collection methoda

 Urine collection pad

267 (85.6)

219 (86.6)

486 (86.0)

 Suprapubic aspiration

35 (11.2)

21 (8.3)

56 (9,9)

 Clean catch urine

8 (2.6)

12 (4.7)

20 (3.5)

 Catheter

2 (0.6)

1 (0.4)

3 (0.8)

Confirmed UTI

89 (28.5)

54 (21.3)

143 (25.3)

Uropathogensb

Escherichia coli

82 (92.1)

43 (79.6)

125 (87.4)

Klebsiella spp.

1 (1.1)

5 (9.3)

6 (4.2)

Enterobacter spp.

3 (3.4)

4 (7.4)

7 (4.9)

Enterococcus spp.

1 (1.1)

1 (0.7)

Proteus spp.

2 (3.7)

2 (1.4)

Citrobacter spp.

1 (1.1)

1 (0.7)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

1 (1.1)

1 (0.7)

Other culture results

 Negative culture

71 (31,8)

54 (27.1)

125 (29.6)

 Normal flora

129 (57,8)

113 (56.8)

242 (57.3)

 Contaminant growth

23 (10.3)

32 (16.1)

55 (13.0)

  1. UTI Urinary tract infection. Infection was confirmed with bacterial culture as golded standard
  2. a Urine collection pad sample was collected from each child. The sample was classified as pad sample if two consecutive samples were collected with urine collection pad
  3. b The bacterial culture findings of confirmed UTI cases