Articles Tagged With: urinalyses
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Febrile Urinary Tract Infection in Young Infants — Value of Spinal Fluid Analysis
Practices vary significantly as clinicians evaluate and manage febrile infants younger than 2 months of age. A retrospective review suggests that meningitis is extremely unlikely in well-appearing babies with initial laboratory results suggestive of urinary tract infection, and that cerebrospinal fluid analysis may not be necessary.