Open AccessCerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis in Febrile Infants 1–90 Days With Urinary Tract Infection
Author(s) -
Elizabeth H. Doby,
Chris Stockmann,
E. Kent Korgenski,
Anne J. Blaschke,
Carrie L. Byington
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e31829063cd
Subject(s) - pleocytosis , cerebrospinal fluid , csf pleocytosis , medicine , urinary system , enterovirus , coinfection , enterovirus infections , immunology , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , virus
Sterile cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis occurs in febrile infants with urinary tract infection. Coinfection with enterovirus is a possible cause. We evaluated 57 infants with urinary tract infection and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis. All had enterovirus testing by polymerase chain reaction. An explanation for pleocytosis was determined for 24 infants (42%). Enterovirus infection was detected in 4 and is an uncommon cause of cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis in infants with urinary tract infection.