Retrospective Evaluation of the Diagnostic Performance and Safety of a Reflex Urine Culture Algorithm in Pediatrics
Retrospective application of a reflex UCx algorithm demonstrated high NPV and sensitivity, suggesting the algorithm had low risk for missing clinical UTIs and could have avoided unnecessary UCx.
Authors
- Michael J. Alfonzo
- Lisa Saiman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-8451)
- Xiaoyue Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4932-6450)
- Sabrina Racine‐Brzostek (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6296-6682)
- Lars F. Westblade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-7674)
- Matthew S. Simon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3256-1681)
- Samiksha Tarun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7150-9993)
- Nicole Gerber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2427-6901)
- Daniel A. Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-1319)
- Karen P. Acker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6559-5517)
- Adam L Gouveia
- David Kuang
- Hannah J. Joyce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9737-680X)
- Taylor Dempsey
- Sofia Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0668-4146)
- Harjot Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5296-9583)
- Xiao Qing Wang
- W. G. Shin
- Barbara Ross
- Katarzyna Stoj
Institutions
- NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- New York Hospital Queens (US)
- Presbyterian Hospital (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jpids/piaf093
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71