We conducted a retrospective cohort study of consecutive febrile (temperature in triage ≥ 38°C) infants aged 0 days to 89 days seen in the emergency department at Children's Hospital Boston from ...

Use of combined leukocyte esterase and glucose strip tests can help confirm or rule out a diagnosis of septic arthritis, according to study results. Researchers investigated synovial fluid from 146 ...

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a severe complication of cirrhosis with ascites and is associated with an immediate and high risk of death. A quick and reliable method to detect SBP is ...

Point-of-care urine dipstick demonstrated higher sensitivity (90.2%) and specificity (92.6%) than laboratory urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection (UTI) in febrile infants aged 2-6 months.

The use of leukocyte esterase reagent strips offers a rapid, cheap and simple alternative to manual counting of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in ascitic fluid for the diagnosis of spontaneous ...

High leukocyte levels in the urine may mean a urinary tract infection or other underlying inflammatory medical problems, such as kidney infection and kidney stones. Leukocytes, also known as white ...

High levels of leukocytes, a type of white blood cell, in the urine may indicate a urinary tract infection, kidney stones, or another cause. Treatment depends on the cause. High leukocyte levels may ...