Suggest Treatment For UTI In 18 Month Old Child

Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2014

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Question : Dear doctor,
my little niece who is 18 month old is diagnosed for the following and doctor started antibiotics on IV
Could you please tell if this is anything serious based on the blood reports or any life threatening

Gram Stain: occasional pus cells and many gram negative bacilli seen
Organism Name: Ecoli
Methodolody Name: XXXXXXX Bauer
Growth Observed: significant
colony Count: >1,00,000 cols/ml

Answered by Dr. Omprakash Ashokrao Deshmukh (22 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
antibiotics will be needed.

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for the query.
Looking at the reports it is case of urinary tract infection which common in females.
As per the reports colony count is significant but it can be covered by antibiotics like gentamycin, cefoperazone etc.
Do not worry it can be treated completly within 5 to 7 days.
Also upload the blood reports.
Hope i helped you.

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