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17323086

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
To identify the origin of urinary leukocytes in Kawasaki disease (KD) patients with pyuria, we prospectively studied clinical and laboratory findings of 23 KD patients. Patients were divided into three groups: patients without pyuria, patients with pyuria in both voided urine and bladder urine obtained by transurethral catheterization (bladder pyuria) and patients with pyuria only in voided urine (urethral pyuria). Pyuria in voided urine was found in ten of 23 KD patients (43.5%), with subsequent urine cultures proving sterile. Five out of ten patients with pyuria in voided urine also exhibited pyuria in bladder urine, whilst the remaining patients did not have pyuria in bladder urine. Urinary protein levels were higher in patients with bladder pyuria and in patients with urethral pyuria than in patients without pyuria. Urinary beta2-microglobulin concentrations and serum blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine levels were higher in patients with bladder pyuria than in patients with urethral pyuria or in patients without pyuria, although the serum BUN and creatinine levels of patients with bladder pyuria were within the normal ranges. These results suggest that some patients with KD develop sterile pyuria that originates from the urethra and/or the kidney as a result of mild and subclinical renal injury.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0931-041X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
987-91
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Sterile pyuria in patients with Kawasaki disease originates from both the urethra and the kidney.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Niigata City General Hospital, 2-6-1 Shichikuyama, Niigata, 950-8739, Japan. twata@hosp.niigata.niigata.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study