Covert Bacteriuria and Asymptomatic Proteinuria in Healthy School Children

Abstract

Summary: Sixtyfour healthy rural primary school children, aged between five and fifteen years with asymptomatic proteinuria, were studied for urinary tract infection. Nine (15.5 percent) of 58 subjects had significant bacteriuria and they were mostly older than  10 years of age. More females than males had significant bacteriuria (P<0.05). There was no significant relationship between severity of asymptomatic proteinuria and significant bacteriuria (P>0.05). The infecting organisms namely: Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus (Staph aureus) were no different from those organisms that usually cause symptomatic urinary tract infections.