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Etiological structure of community-acquired urinary tract infections in children and adolescents in Krasnoyarsk region and antibiotic resistance of the leading pathogen – Escherichia coli

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2026; 28(1):103-107

10.36488/cmac.2026.1.103-107

Objective. To study structure of pathogens of community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTI) in children and adolescents under 18 years of age subpopulation of the Krasnoyarsk region as well as the activity of antimicrobials against the leading pathogen in order to optimize local empirical therapy of UTI. Materials and Methods. A total of 298 urine cultures were analyzed (164 in 2023 and 134 – in 2024). The urinalyses were obtained from children and adolescents with community-acquired UTI who hospitalized to the Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Center for Maternal and Child Health in 2023–2024.

Urinary Tract Infections in Adolescent Females in Case of Isolation of STDs Causative Agents

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2009; 11(1):31-39

Among adolescent children urinary tract infections (UTI) occurs in around 1% of male and up to 3% of female persons. In adolescent girls during the last decades the frequency of sexually transmitted infections (STI) is rising. Non-treated infections …

Quinolones in Childhood and Pregnancy. Is There a Rationale for Their Use?

Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.2004; 6(4):377-393

The usage of quinolones and fluoroquinolones (FQ) in children and adolescents as well as in pregnant women is considered in this paper. Based on joint toxicity of FQ observed in immature animals this class of antimicrobial agents is officially …