Using a urine dipstick to identify a positive urine culture in young febrile infants is as effective as in older patients

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e39-e44

  Velasco, Roberto ^a   Benito, Helvia ^a   Mozun, Rebeca ^a   Trujillo, Juan E ^a   Merino, Pedro A ^a   De La Torre, Mercedes ^b   Gomez, Borja ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL UNIVERSITARIO NIÑO JESÚS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

Author keywords

infants; sensitivity; specificity; urinalysis; urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE REAGENT STRIP TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEST STRIP; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

CARBOXYLESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; NITRITE; TEST STRIP;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NITRITES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT STRIPS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84920130452     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12789     Document Type: Article

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