Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infections.
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.
Shah
Samir S
SS
Division of Infectious Diseases, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. shahs@email.chop.edu
Zorc
Joseph J
JJ
Levine
Deborah A
DA
Platt
Shari L
SL
Kuppermann
Nathan
N
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*