title: Use of urine dipstick evaluating young infants with fever without a source and positive urine culture.
abstract: We analyzed 239 febrile infants <3 months of age with a positive urine culture to examine their characteristics. Patients with altered urine dipstick showed more commonly alterations of the biologic markers for bacterial infection, and Escherichia coli was more commonly isolated. Febrile young infants with positive urine culture and negative urine dipstick may not have a urinary tract infection and less aggressive management can be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Emergency, Cruces Hospital, Osakidetza-Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain. santiago.mintegi@osakidetza.net
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mintegi
authors.forename: Borja
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Urra
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Romero
authors.forename: Natalia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paniagua
authors.forename: Edurne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benito
mesh_terms: D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005334:Fever / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011934:Reagent Strips; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips