Urine Dipstick for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants Aged 2 to 6 Months.
Hunt K, Green R, Sartori L, Aronson P, Chamberlain J, Florin T, Michelson K, Monuteaux M, Chaudhari P, Nigrovic L. Urine Dipstick for the Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection in Febrile Infants Aged 2 to 6 Months. 2025, 155 PMID: 40122108, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-068671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnosis of urinary tract infectionUrinary tract infectionUrine WBC countUrine dipstickUrine cultureAged 2 to 6Receiver Operating CharacteristicWhite blood cellsTract infectionsColony-forming unitsUrine white blood cellsWBC countCatheterized urine culturePositive urine dipstickInitial treatment decisionsAccurate diagnostic testCross-sectional studyBacterial uropathogensFebrile infantsLaboratory urinalysisTreatment decisionsDiagnostic testsEmergency departmentUrinalysisUrine
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