title: Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infections.
abstract: In a multicenter prospective study, 91 of 1025 febrile infants <or=60 days of age had urinary tract infections. Among patients with urinary tract infections and without traumatic lumbar punctures, sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis was uncommon (0%-8%, depending on the definition) in contrast to earlier studies reporting this association.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. shahs@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Samir S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Joseph J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zorc
authors.forename: Deborah A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Shari L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Platt
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuppermann
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000453:epidemiology*