PMID- 18575479
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20081021
LR  - 20080625
IS  - 1117-1936 (Print)
VI  - 15
IP  - 2
DP  - 2008 Jun
TI  - Relationship between Schistosoma haematobium infection and urinary tract 
      infection among children in South Eastern, Nigeria.
PG  - 89-93
AB  - BACKGROUND: Reports of studies on the relationship between Schistosoma 
      haematobium and urinary tract infection from different regions are conflicting. 
      Hence, the need to determine the situation in each endemic area. OBJECTIVE: To 
      determine if S. haematobium infection is associated with Urinary Tract Infection 
      (UTI) among children in an endemic area of Cross River State, Nigeria. SUBJECTS 
      AND METHODS: Mid-stream urine specimen was collected under strict aseptic 
      procedures into wide-mouthed screw-capped sterile plastic containers. All the 
      specimens were kept in a cooler at approximately 4 degrees C for 5-10 hr before 
      delivery to the laboratory. Urine microscopy was carried out by gram staining and 
      urine was cultured using blood agar and Mac Conkey agar plates. Collection of 
      urine specimens for schistosoma ova was done between 10.00 am and 2.00 pm when 
      ova count of S. haematobium is expected to be at its peak. RESULTS: Prevalence of 
      urinary schistosomiasis was 51.0%. One hundred and seventy five (77.4%) of those 
      infected had mild intensity of infection (<49 ova/10 ml). Significant bacteriuria 
      was found in 2(0.9%) of the 226 children with urinary schistosomiasis and in 
      4(1.8%) of the 217 children without urinary schistosomiasis RR(95%CI) = 0.48 
      (0.089-2.59) P > 0.68. CONCLUSION: This study has found the prevalence rate of 
      urinary Schistosomiasis in this community to be 51% and no significant difference 
      in the prevalence of UTI among children with urinary schistosomiasis and those 
      without. However, considering the high prevalence of urinary schistosomiasis seen 
      in this study, urgent control measures should be instituted to address this 
      public health problem.
FAU - Eyong, M E
AU  - Eyong ME
AD  - Department of Paediatrics, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Nigeria.
FAU - Ikepeme, E E
AU  - Ikepeme EE
FAU - Ekanem, E E
AU  - Ekanem EE
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Nigeria
TA  - Niger Postgrad Med J
JT  - The Nigerian postgraduate medical journal
JID - 9613595
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Animals
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - Nigeria/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Rural Population
MH  - Schistosoma haematobium/*isolation & purification
MH  - Schistosomiasis haematobia/*epidemiology/parasitology/urine
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Urinary Tract Infections/*epidemiology
MH  - Urine/parasitology
EDAT- 2008/06/26 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/22 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/26 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/26 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Niger Postgrad Med J. 2008 Jun;15(2):89-93.