Labial fusion and urinary tract infection.

We report 9 female patients with labial fusion and concomitant urinary tract infection. The mean age at presentation was 47 months. All except 1 patient had labial fusion extending at least 50% of the length of the labia minora. All had symptoms of urinary tract infection and a positive urine culture. We recommend that a urine culture be performed in children with labial fusion and that all girls with urinary tract infection should be checked for labial fusion.