Biomarkers for febrile urinary tract infection in children

• Главные авторы: Nader Shaikh (Автор), Marcia Kurs-Lasky (Автор), Hui Liu (Автор), Vinod Rajakumar (Автор), Heba Qureini (Автор), Isabella O. Conway (Автор), Matthew C. Lee (Автор), Sojin Lee (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...