Pyuria is absent during urinary tract infections in neutropenic patients

To investigate the diagnostic significance of a normal urine sediment in the work‐up for fever of unknown origin in neutropenia. Urinary tract infection was defined as ≥105 urinary pathogens in the absence of another focus. Pyuria was found in only 1/23 neutropenic episodes compared to 21/31 in cont...

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Published in:Pediatric blood & cancer 2011-05, Vol.56 (5), p.868-870
Main Authors: Klaassen, I.L.M., de Haas, V., van Wijk, J.A.E., Kaspers, G.J.L., Bijlsma, M., Bökenkamp, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child
Female
Fever - etiology
Humans
Male
malignancy
neutropenia
Neutropenia - complications
Neutropenia - microbiology
Prognosis
pyuria
Pyuria - diagnosis
Retrospective Studies
urinalysis
urinary tract infection
Urinary Tract Infections - diagnosis
Urinary Tract Infections - etiology
Urine - microbiology
urine culture
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Summary:To investigate the diagnostic significance of a normal urine sediment in the work‐up for fever of unknown origin in neutropenia. Urinary tract infection was defined as ≥105 urinary pathogens in the absence of another focus. Pyuria was found in only 1/23 neutropenic episodes compared to 21/31 in controls (P 
ISSN:1545-5009
1545-5017
DOI:10.1002/pbc.22799