Urinalysis and bacterial culture
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- Investigations
- Requesting emergency tests depending on the availability of laboratory services
- Selection of investigations according to the suspected illness
- Other basic chemical investigations
- Patient guidance
- Urine samples: methods of collecting single-voided specimens
- Sample storage and transport
- References
Urine dipstick tests
Haematuria
Bacterial meningitis is infrequently predicted by positive urinalysis in infants younger than 2 months
Chronic prostatitis
The rate of concomitant bacterial meningitis in infants with urinary tract infection is 0.25%
Increased blood creatinine concentration, eGFR and renal function tests
Risk of serious bacterial infection low in recently immunized febrile infants
Urinary tract infections
Infective endocarditis
Diarrhoea and vomiting in children
Arthritis in children
Interpretation of urine test results in children
Negative leukocyte esterase and < 5 white blood cells/high-powered field best rule out urinary tract infection; positive nitrite best rules it in
Schmutz in the urine contaminates culture results
Prolonged fever of unknown origin in children
Urinary frequency (pollakiuria) and nocturia
Bleeding during first and second trimesters of pregnancy
Lab-based prediction model can rule out serious bacterial infections in febrile infants
Urinary tract infection in a child
Erythema nodosum
Elevated ESR (hypersedimentation)
Clinical examination of patients with joint inflammation in primary health care
Fever in a returning traveller
An unconscious patient