Biomarkers for febrile urinary tract infection in children

• Main Authors: Nader Shaikh (Author), Marcia Kurs-Lasky (Author), Hui Liu (Author), Vinod Rajakumar (Author), Heba Qureini (Author), Isabella O. Conway (Author), Matthew C. Lee (Author), Sojin Lee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

BackgroundThe current reference standard for pediatric urinary tract infection (UTI) screening, the leukocyte esterase (LE) dipstick test, has suboptimal accuracy. The objective of this study was to compare the accuracy of novel urinary biomarkers to that of the LE test.MethodsWe prospectively enrol...