Sterile CSF pleocytosis occurs in febrile infants with UTI.
Co-infection with enterovirus is a possible cause. We evaluated 57 infants with UTI and CSF pleocytosis. All had enterovirus testing by PCR. An explanation for pleocytosis was determined for 24 infants (42%). EV infection was detected in four and is an uncommon cause of CSF pleocytosis in infants with UTI.
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Doby EH, Stockmann C, Korgenski EK, Blaschke AJ, Byington CL. Are you the author?
Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States; Pediatric Specialty Clinical Program, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT, United States.
Reference: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Apr 11. Epub ahead of print.
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 23584580
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