{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Waterfield T"],"funding":["Public Health Agency"],"pagination":["1095-1099"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9685733"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["107(12)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>To report the diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for the detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in febrile infants aged 90 days or less attending the emergency department (ED).<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Patients</h4>Febrile infants aged 90 days or less attending between 31 August 2018 and 1 September 2019.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>The sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of dipstick urinalysis in detecting UTIs defined as growth of ≥100 000 cfu/mL of a single organism and the presence of pyuria (>5 white blood cells per high-power field).<h4>Setting</h4>Eight paediatric EDs in the UK/Ireland.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 275 were included in the final analysis. There were 252 (92%) clean-catch urine samples and 23 (8%) were"],"journal":["Archives of disease in childhood"],"pubmed_title":["Diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection in febrile infants attending the emergency department."],"pmcid":["PMC9685733"],"funding_grant_id":["COM/5745/22"],"pubmed_authors":["Mitchell H","Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland (PERUKI)","Durnin S","Roland D","Lyttle MD","Waterfield T","McFetridge L","Maney JA","Platt R","Barrett MJ","Umana E","Foster S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection in febrile infants attending the emergency department.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>To report the diagnostic test accuracy of dipstick urinalysis for the detection of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in febrile infants aged 90 days or less attending the emergency department (ED).<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective cohort study.<h4>Patients</h4>Febrile infants aged 90 days or less attending between 31 August 2018 and 1 September 2019.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>The sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of dipstick urinalysis in detecting UTIs defined as growth of ≥100 000 cfu/mL of a single organism and the presence of pyuria (>5 white blood cells per high-power field).<h4>Setting</h4>Eight paediatric EDs in the UK/Ireland.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 275 were included in the final analysis. There were 252 (92%) clean-catch urine samples and 23 (8%) were","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2025-04-18T20:32:16.08Z","creation":"2025-04-07T08:25:23.518Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9685733","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36002228"],"doi":["10.1136/archdischild-2022-324300"]}}