Valdés PJE, González LS, Caso AD

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Introduction: hematuria is a clinical manifestation of nephrourological origin that motivates more consultations in pediatrics; it is the presence of red blood cells in apparently normal urine. The number of red blood cells needed to define micro hematuria varies between 2 and 10 red blood cells per field, a limit figure below which is considered normal has not been defined. Objective: to determine relationship between micro hematuria, other alterations of urinary sediment, erythrocyte sedimentation and urine culture, with renal system infections in pediatric patients. Method: this is a descriptive study of patients diagnosed in the clinical laboratory with micro hematuria, seeking the existence of a relationship between this and other alterations of the sediment with infectious diseases. The sample was intentional, consisting of patients who showed positive cyturia due to micro hematuria from the medical services. Results: it was found that the most frequently isolated germs were Escherichia coli and Enterobacter, was related to a series of parameters provided by the clinical laboratory and can contribute to the diagnosis of pediatric urinary sepsis. Conclusions: the achieved outcomes can contribute to increase the quality of the reports issued by the laboratories in relation to infectious diseases and thus the medical services provided to the population, which reduces the damage caused by them, their incidence and impact on patients and family members.