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. 1975 Apr;50(4):253–258. doi: 10.1136/adc.50.4.253

Urinary tract in schoolgirls with covert bacteriuria.

M S McLachlan, S T Meller, E R Jones, A W Asscher, E W Fletcher, R T Mayon-White, J G Ledingham, J C Smith, H H Johnston
PMCID: PMC1544464  PMID: 1147664

Abstract

During screening of 16,800 primary schoolgirls, aged 4-12 years, in Cardiff and Oxford, significant bacteriuria was found in 294 (1-7%). Intravenous urography and micturating cystography were performed in 246 of these girls. The urinary tract was abnormal in 47%. Pyelonephritis with or without vesicoureteric reflux was present in 26% and reflux without renal abnormality in a further 16%. The prevalence of pyelonephritis and reflux was independent of age. With few exeptions kidneys without pyelonephritic scars appeared to be normal in size, even when ureteric reflux was present.

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