Febrile Infants ≤60 Days Old With Positive Urinalysis Results and Invasive Bacterial Infections
Yankova LC, Neuman MI, Wang ME, Woll C, DePorre AG, Desai S, Sartori LF, Nigrovic LE, Pruitt CM, Marble RD, Leazer RC, Rooholamini SN, Balamuth F, Aronson PL. Febrile Infants ≤60 Days Old With Positive Urinalysis Results and Invasive Bacterial Infections. Hospital Pediatrics 2020, 10: 1120-1125. PMID: 33239319, PMCID: PMC7684554, DOI: 10.1542/hpeds.2020-000638.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive bacterial infectionsAbnormal WBC countPositive urinalysis resultsFebrile infantsUrinalysis resultsWBC countIll appearanceBacterial meningitisAbnormal white blood cell countBacterial infectionsWhite blood cell countConcomitant bacterial meningitisCerebrospinal fluid pleocytosisRetrospective cohort studyUrinary tract infectionPlanned secondary analysisBlood cell countCohort studyLaboratory characteristicsTract infectionsEmergency departmentMost infantsMedical historyLower riskMeningitis