title: Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections in Children.
abstract: Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common occurrence in children. The management and laboratory diagnosis of these infections pose unique challenges that are not encountered in adults. Important factors, such as specimen collection, urinalysis interpretation, culture thresholds, and antimicrobial susceptibility testing, require special consideration in children and will be discussed in detail in the following review.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA christopher.doern@vcuhealth.org.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-2454-4355
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Doern
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7751-7628
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*