Fever Severity and Urinary Tract Infection Risk in Well‐Appearing Febrile Infants Aged 61–90 Days
A urine dipstick test should be recommended for all well-appearing infants aged 61-90 days with FWS regardless of the degree of fever. Blood culture should also be considered in infants with abnormal urine dipstick results, irrespective of fever severity.
Authors
- A Montoro
- Santiago Mintegi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2342-8881)
- Beatriz Rodríguez Lozano
- José Antonio Alonso‐Cadenas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7648-1336)
- María Suárez‐Bustamante Huélamo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8344-8427)
- Borja Gómez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6542-4494)
- Roberto Velasco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-2650)
- Cristina Ibarzo Port
Institutions
- BioCruces Health research Institute (ES)
- Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús (ES)
- Hospital de Sabadell (ES)
- Hospital Universitario de La Princesa (ES)
- Institute of Research and Innovation Parc Tauli (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Paediatrica
- Published
- 2025-08-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.70274
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00