title: Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in febrile infants 1-90 days with urinary tract infection.
abstract: Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis occurs in febrile infants with urinary tract infection. Coinfection with enterovirus is a possible cause. We evaluated 57 infants with urinary tract infection and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis. All had enterovirus testing by polymerase chain reaction. An explanation for pleocytosis was determined for 24 infants (42%). Enterovirus infection was detected in 4 and is an uncommon cause of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in infants with urinary tract infection.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah; and †Pediatric Specialty Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT.
authors.forename: Elizabeth H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Doby
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stockmann
authors.forename: E Kent
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Korgenski
authors.forename: Anne J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blaschke
authors.forename: Carrie L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Byington
mesh_terms: D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology*; D004770:Enterovirus; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007964:Leukocytosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*