caa a22 4500 47577339X CHVBK 20180406123624.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1007120520884 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1007120520884 Comparison of preputial sac and urine cultures in healthy children [Elektronische Daten] [Çağrı Savaş, Murat Çakmak, Birdal Yorgancıgil, Mehmet Bezir] The aim of the present study was to examine subpreputial bacteriology and to compare it with the urine cultures of healthy male children. Seventy-two male children were divided into two groups as A and B according to age. In both groups preputial sac and urine cultures were taken simultaneously. Gram (+) enteric cocci were the most common isolated pathogens from the preputial sac in group B. Enterobacter, E. coli and staphylococci species were isolated from the urine cultures of three patients in group B. We could not find any difference between the preputial sac swabs of group A and B patients, but the isolation rate of urine cultures of group A patients was significantly higher than group B (p < 0.05). The findings of the present study support a potential role of the prepuce acting as a reservoir of faecal bacteria in the pathogenesis of UTI in male infants, especially in the first year of life. Improved penile hygiene after the first year of life does not alter the subpreputial bacteriology, but significantly decreases the contamination of urine. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 Bacteriology nationallicence Male children nationallicence Urinary infections nationallicence Savaş Çağrı Department of Pediatric Surgery, Süuleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut Çakmak Murat Department of Pediatric Surgery, Süuleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut Yorgancıgil Birdal Department of Microbiology, Süleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut Bezir Mehmet Department of Pediatric Surgery, Süuleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut International Urology and Nephrology Kluwer Academic Publishers 32/1(2000-03-01), 85-87 0301-1623 32:1<85 2000 32 11255 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007120520884 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007120520884 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Savaş Çağrı Department of Pediatric Surgery, Süuleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Çakmak Murat Department of Pediatric Surgery, Süuleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yorgancıgil Birdal Department of Microbiology, Süleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bezir Mehmet Department of Pediatric Surgery, Süuleyman Demirel University Medical School, Isparta, Turkey aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Urology and Nephrology Kluwer Academic Publishers 32/1(2000-03-01), 85-87 0301-1623 32:1<85 2000 32 11255 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer