Acta Pzdiatr Scand 64: 437440, 1975
ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA IN SCHOOLGIRLS 111. Relation hetii3een Residual Urine Volurne and Reci4rrenc.e U. LINDBERG, J . BJURE, S. HAUGSTVEDT and U. JODAL From the Departments of Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery and Paediutric Clinical Physiology, University qf Gijieborg, Gdteborg. Suieden
ABSTRACT. Lindberg, U., Bjure, J., Haugstvedt, S. and Jodal, U. (Departments of Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Clinical Physiology, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden). Asymptomatic bacteriuria in schoolgirls. 111. Relation between residual urine volume and recurrence. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:437, 1975.-Residual urine volume (RUV) has been measured in 70 schoolgirls with asymptomatic bacteriuria using '"I-hippuran. The mean volume of residual urine was 23.7 ml. More than 5 ml RUV, the highest value found in 14 girls without bacteriuria or a history of urinary tract infection, was found in 47 % of the patients. The mean volume for residual urine in the control girls was 1.1 ml. Among the 44 girls cured for their bacteriuria by a bladder wash out test or antibiotic treatment, recurrence was significantly more common @ 5 ml in RUV (15/20,75 %) than in those with S 5 ml(4/24, 17%). In 5 of 22 patients not treated, the bacteriuria disappeared spontaneously during a one year observation period. The RUV was 5 ml, i.e. more than the highest RUV among the control girls, was found in 47% of the 70 school-girls with ABU. After initial treatment, recurrences were significantly more common among the girls with values >5 ml(15/20 i.e. 75 Cr,) than among those with s5 ml (4/24 i.e. 17';). A higher frequency of recurrences was also found by Shand et al. in adult women with symptomatic UTI and increased RUV than in those without increased RUVs(16). Though the number of untreated patients is small, it may be significant that among the 22 girls not treated, there were 5 who became spontaneously abacteriuric during one year of observation and that 4 of these 5 children had RUV
ASYMPTOMATIC BACTERIURIA IN SCHOOLGIRLS 111. Relation hetii3een Residual Urine Volurne and Reci4rrenc.e U. LINDBERG, J . BJURE, S. HAUGSTVEDT and U. JODAL From the Departments of Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery and Paediutric Clinical Physiology, University qf Gijieborg, Gdteborg. Suieden
ABSTRACT. Lindberg, U., Bjure, J., Haugstvedt, S. and Jodal, U. (Departments of Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery and Paediatric Clinical Physiology, University of Goteborg, Goteborg, Sweden). Asymptomatic bacteriuria in schoolgirls. 111. Relation between residual urine volume and recurrence. Acta Paediatr Scand, 64:437, 1975.-Residual urine volume (RUV) has been measured in 70 schoolgirls with asymptomatic bacteriuria using '"I-hippuran. The mean volume of residual urine was 23.7 ml. More than 5 ml RUV, the highest value found in 14 girls without bacteriuria or a history of urinary tract infection, was found in 47 % of the patients. The mean volume for residual urine in the control girls was 1.1 ml. Among the 44 girls cured for their bacteriuria by a bladder wash out test or antibiotic treatment, recurrence was significantly more common @ 5 ml in RUV (15/20,75 %) than in those with S 5 ml(4/24, 17%). In 5 of 22 patients not treated, the bacteriuria disappeared spontaneously during a one year observation period. The RUV was 5 ml, i.e. more than the highest RUV among the control girls, was found in 47% of the 70 school-girls with ABU. After initial treatment, recurrences were significantly more common among the girls with values >5 ml(15/20 i.e. 75 Cr,) than among those with s5 ml (4/24 i.e. 17';). A higher frequency of recurrences was also found by Shand et al. in adult women with symptomatic UTI and increased RUV than in those without increased RUVs(16). Though the number of untreated patients is small, it may be significant that among the 22 girls not treated, there were 5 who became spontaneously abacteriuric during one year of observation and that 4 of these 5 children had RUV
