[Incidence of urinary tract infections in day care children. Prospective analysis of 220 day care children over a 24-month period with electrochemical urine screening].

In a prospective study in 220 children at crèche age altogether 2,443 bacteriological investigations of the urine were performed over two years. As investigation method an electrochemical technique was used. About 3% of the bacteriological investigations of the urine revealed a bacteriurine of greater than 10(5) germs/ml. More than 60% of these findings were falsely positive. The frequency of the urinary tract infections in children from the 6th month up to the 3rd year was 1.36%. The proportion of the sterile findings of the urine reveals a clear dependence on age and is essentially influenced by the taking technique. The findings were compared with the results of other screening investigations and discussed.