Author/Editor		Meglič, Anamarija
Title		Klamidijska okužba sečil pri otrocih in mladostnikih z izolirano hematurijo
Translated title		Chlamydial infection of urinary tract in children and adolescents with isolated haematuria
Type		monografija
Place		Ljubljana
Publisher		Medicinska fakulteta
Publication year		1996
Volume		str. 68
Language		slo
Abstract		Urogenital chlamydial infection in adults and adolescents is a common, sexually transmitted disease. Most often it is manifested as urethritis with dysuria and leukocituria in males and as cervicitis with spreading to upper genital tract in females. In both sexes the chronical, asymptomatic infection could be associated with infertility. Chlamydial infection in neonates could be asymptomatic, or may be expressed as conjuctivitis or respiratory disease, i.e. interstitial pneumonia. Very likely babies are infected by their mothers during delivery. Urogenital chlamydial infection in prepubertal children has not been thoroughly investigated yet. Most researches have been aimed at proving sexual abuse in these children. Some authors believe that microorganism persists over many years after delivery. Girls have vaginal discharge or bleeding, boys dysuria. It is believed that this kind of infection is most often asymptomatic. However, associated microhaematuria has not been reported on in literature. In our clinical practise we had observed cases of isolated microhaematuria associated with urogenital chlamydial infection. We had found chlamydial urethritis in many children and adolescents with isolated microhaematuria and cystourethroscopically proved inflammation of the vesica and urethra We designed a study to test the eventual relation between the isolated microhaematuria and chlamydial urogenital infection in children and adolescents. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters)
Descriptors		URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS HEMATURIA CHLAMYDIA CHILD ADOLESCENCE FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION