Current pyuria cut-offs promote inappropriate UTI diagnosis in older women.
Manu P BilsenMargaretha J AantjesEsther van AndelJanneke E StalenhoefCees van NieuwkoopEliane M S LeytenNathalie M DelfosMartijn SijbomMattijs E NumansWilco P AchterbergSimon P MooijaartMartha T van der BeekChrista M CobbaertSimon P ConroyLeo G VisserMerel M C LambregtsPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
The degree of pyuria can help to distinguish UTI in older women from ASB and asymptomatic controls with pyuria. Current pyuria cut-offs are too low and promote inappropriate UTI diagnosis in older women.
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