Background Diagnosis is the traditional basis for decision-making in clinical practice.
Evidence is often lacking about future benefits and harms of these decisions for patients …

Background Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of most common pediatric infections. The
study was designed to assess the clinical profile, common bacterial microorganisms causing …

Background Urinary dipsticks are sometimes used for screening asymptomatic people, and
for case‐finding among inpatients or outpatients who do not have genitourinary symptoms …

Background Overuse and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics is driving antibiotic
resistance. GPs often prescribe antibiotics for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs) in …

Background All-cause antibiotic prescribing affects bowel flora antimicrobial susceptibility,
and may increase risk of urinary autoinoculation with antibiotic-resistant microbes. However …

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are common in childhood and cause a considerable health
burden. Though many children have mild symptoms and are easily treated, some present …

Aim There is limited evidence about the diagnostic value of urine dipsticks in young febrile
infants. The aim of this study was to determine whether urine dipsticks would identify positive …

Background The prevalence of targeted and serendipitous treatment for, and associated
recovery from, urinary tract infection (UTI) in pre-school children is unknown. Aim To …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is a common bacterial infection that can affect infants and
children. The severity of illness depends on microbial virulence and host susceptibility. It has …

Our study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of point-of-care nitrite and leukocyte
esterase (LE) dipsticks in the diagnosis of suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants< 6 …