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Pyuria is absent during urinary tract infections in neutropenic patients
Author(s) -
Klaassen I.L.M.,
de Haas V.,
van Wijk J.A.E.,
Kaspers G.J.L.,
Bijlsma M.,
Bökenkamp A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatric blood and cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.116
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1545-5017
pISSN - 1545-5009
DOI - 10.1002/pbc.22799
Subject(s) - pyuria , medicine , urinary system , neutropenia , urine , blood cancer , gastroenterology , cancer , chemotherapy
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 ≥10 5 urinary pathogens in the absence of another focus. Pyuria was found in only 1/23 neutropenic episodes compared to 21/31 in controls ( P < 0.0001). Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011;56:868–870. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.