@article{Hoque_Islam_Ahmed_Hanif_Islam_Matin_2010, title={Impact of Constipation in Children on Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)}, volume={34}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJCH/article/view/5697}, DOI={10.3329/bjch.v34i1.5697}, abstractNote={<strong>Objectives:</strong> The study was done to find out the relationship between constipation and<br />urinary tract infection (UTI) in children.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> The study was a case control study between two groups in a tertiary care<br />children hospital in Dhaka city. In group-1 (n=45) those children having history of<br />constipation and in group-2 (n=78) as a control group having no history of constipation<br />were included in this study. Growths of a single species of organism with colony count<br />of >10<sup>5</sup>/ml in a clean-catch midstream single urine sample was considered as evidence<br />of urinary tract infection.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> Positive urine culture was found in 8.9% (4/45) cases in children who had<br />history of constipation and 1.3% (1/78) in children who had no history of constipation.<br />Though the number of positive urine culture was seven times more in children with<br />constipation than those who were not constipated but the difference between the two<br />groups was not statistically significant (p=0.059) .<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Culture documented UTI in children with constipation is seven times<br />more than without constipation showing impact of constipation on urinary tract infection<br />(UTI) in children.<br /><br /><strong>Key words:</strong> Urinary tract infection (UTI); constipation.<br /><br />DOI: 10.3329/bjch.v34i1.5697<br /><em><br />Bangladesh Journal of Child Health</em> 2010; Vol.34(1): 17-20}, number={1}, journal={Bangladesh Journal of Child Health}, author={Hoque, Seikh Azimul and Islam, Md Tariqul and Ahmed, Farid and Hanif, Mohammed and Islam, Shahnoor and Matin, MA}, year={2010}, month={Aug.}, pages={17–20} }