Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases SocietyHumansRetrospective StudiesAlgorithmsUrinary Tract InfectionsChild
Retrospective Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of a Reflex Urine Culture Algorithm in Pediatrics.
Karen P Acker, Xiaoyue Ma, Hannah Joyce, WooJin Shin, David Kuang, Adam Gouveia, Barbara Ross, Xiao Qing Wang, Samiksha Tarun, Lars F Westblade, Sabrina Racine-Brzostek, Daniel A Green, Katarzyna Stoj, Matthew S Simon, Sofia Ali
Published: 202510.1093/jpids/piaf093
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Obtaining urine cultures (UCx) in the absence of symptoms and inflammation can result in misdiagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and inappropriate use of antibiotics. Reflex UCx is a diagnostic stewardship strategy in which a UCx…
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