Background: Knowledge of baseline risk of urinary tract infection can help clinicians make informed diagnostic and therapeutic decisions.
Materials and methods: cross sectional study was conducted in tertiary heath care teaching institute on febrile children without obvious focus between 1 month to 12 years of age group during a period of 1 year. Urine analysis, urine Culture and sensitivity were done in them.
Results: Out of total 160 febrile patients 31(19.37%) children showed significant pyuria. 8 (5.0%) were urine culture positive, out of these, 5( 62.5%) were showed E.coli growth on culture.
Conclusion: UTI is common in children presenting with febrile illness and should be suspected strongly. Urine culture is the gold standard for diagnosing UTI. Microscopic urine analysis is a strong tool and is helpful in diagnosing UTI.
