Pilot study showed that poor feeding, especially with leucocyturia, increased the odds of non-febrile urinary tract infections in children who were not toilet trained.
Stefano GuarinoDaniela CapalboEleonora ScalzoneRoberta Schiano Di ColaEmanuele Miraglia Del GiudiceAngela La MannaPierluigi MarzuilloPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2019)
Wrongly diagnosed non-febrile UTIs were high in children with poor feeding and, or, failure to thrive. Only poor feeding and, in particular, the combination of poor feeding and leucocyturia, significantly increased the odds of non-febrile UTI.