Urinary Tract Infections in Children with Horseshoe Kidneys: A Single-Center with 5 Years Experience

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BULUM AKBULUT B., Tekcan Karalı D., Genc G., Ozkaya O.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION, cilt.9, sa.3, ss.108-113, 2015 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/ced.2015.2032
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INFECTION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.108-113
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Children, horseshoe kidneys, lower urinary tract dysfunction, urinary tract infection, VESICOURETERAL REFLUX, VOIDING DYSFUNCTION, RENAL SCARS, INCONTINENCE, UROLITHIASIS, PREVALENCE, ANOMALIES, SYMPTOMS
  • Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: Horseshoe kidneys is the most common congenital fusion abnormality of the urinary tract. Patients with this anomaly have additional urological or systemic abnormalities. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinical and radiological features, additional abnormalities, and frequency of urinary tract infection (UTI) of patients with horseshoe kidneys who were admitted to our clinic over the last 5 years and followed-up at our institution.