Bahawaluddin Jamro, Shankar Lal, Abdul Hamid Shaikh, Saifullah Jamro.
Types of infection in primary nephrotic syndrome.
Pak Paed J Jan ;36(2):87-91.

Objective: To determine the types of infections in primary nephrotic syndrome. Study Design: Descriptive study. Place and Duration of Study: Paediatric departments of Shaheed Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto Medical University at Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical college hospital Sukkur and Chandka Medical College hospital Larkana, from January 2009 to January 2011. Subjects and Methods: Hundred patients with infections in primary Nephrotic syndrome admitted in both departments were included in this study. The children of age 1-15 years who had developed nephrotic syndrome for 1st time and fulfilling the International Study of Kidney Diseases of children criteria (ISKDC). All were enrolled for this study. A separate proforma was filled for each patient that include pertinent clinical history and examination, base line investigations, especially to diagnose the case and to screen for the evidence of infections. Results: Out of 100 patients with infections in primary nephrotic syndrome 56% were male and 44% females, in majority of patient age were less than 5years. Most common infections in this study were acute respiratory tract infection and urinary tract infection found in 47% and 25% respectively. While diarrhea 12. %, skin infection 5%, peritonitis 3.33%. Edema was found in all patients, fever in 86 patients, cough in 47 patients, dysuria in 20, vomiting in 13, diarrhea in 12, abdominal pain in 06, skin infection in 05 patients. Conclusion: Respiratory tract infection and urinary tract infection were the two common infections in primary nephrotic syndrome.

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