Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in young infants with urinary tract infections.

Shah, Samir S; Zorc, Joseph J; Levine, Deborah A; Platt, Shari L; Kuppermann, Nathan · J Pediatr · 2008

prospective_cohort · Level II

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Abstract

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.

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