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Interpretation of urine microscopy in an infant or child

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Interpretation of microscopy results

  • if bacteriuria positive and pyuria positive
    • infant or child should be regarded as having UTI
  • if bacteriuria positive and pyuria negative
    • infant or child should be regarded as having UTI
  • if bacteriuria negative and pyuria positive
    • antibiotic treatment should be started if clinically UTI
  • if bacteriuria negative and pyuria negative
    • infant or child should be regarded as not having UTI

Reference

  1. NICE. Urinary tract infection in under 16s: diagnosis and management. NICE guideline NG224. Published July 2022

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