David Schnadower, Nathan Kuppermann, Charles G Macias, Stephen B Freedman, Marc N Baskin, Paul Ishimine, Camille Scribner, Pamela Okada, Heather Beach, Blake Bulloch, Dewesh Agrawal, Mary Saunders, Donna M Sutherland, Mercedes M Blackstone, Amit Sarnaik, Julie McManemy, Alison Brent, Jonathan Bennett, Jennifer M Plymale, Patrick Solari, Deborah J Mann, Peter S Dayan
OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of and to identify risk factors for sterile cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleocytosis in a large sample of febrile young infants with urinary tract infections (UTIs) and to describe the clinical courses of those patients. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of a multicenter retrospective review. SETTING: Emergency departments of 20 North American hospitals. Patients Infants aged 29 to 60 days with temperatures of 38...
July 2011: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine