title: Sterile pyuria: a differential diagnosis.
abstract: Sterile pyuria is not an uncommon laboratory finding. This article explores the major causes of sterile pyuria, including infectious, systemic, structural and physiologic, and drug-related causes. It also discusses the differential diagnosis of eosinophiluria and the basic workup of sterile pyuria.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53562, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Dieter
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D011776:Pyuria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology