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Post-pyloromyotomy emesis caused by concomitant urinary tract infection in pyloric stenosis patients
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An association between infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) and concomitant urinary tract infection (UTI) has been reported previously.1 Two consecutive infants with IHPS who continued to vomit after successful surgical and medical treatment in our institution were found to have concomitant UTI.
This prompted us to examine all cases of radiologically proven IHPS diagnosed in our hospital in whom vomiting, which may be a manifestation of UTI in infants, …