TABLE 2.

Demographic and Laboratory Characteristics of 53 Infants Aged 29 to 90 Days With UTI Missed by Dipstick Urinalysis

Descriptor	Infants With UTI Missed by Dipstick	Infants With UTI and Bacteremia Missed by Dipstick
Total N	53	2
Male gender	34 (64)	1 (50)
Microscopic urinalysis performed	53 (100)	2 (100)
Urine WBC count (>10 cells/HPF)	3 (5)	0 (0)
Bacteriuria on unstained microscopic urinalysis	24 (45)	0 (0)
Admitted to hospital at time of urine testing	44 (83)	2 (100)
CBC performed	50 (94)	2 (100)
CBC WBC count ≥15 000 or ≤5000	15 (28)	1 (50)
Absolute band count ≥1500	8 (15)	0 (0)
Positive cerebrospinal fluid culture	0 (0)	0 (0)

Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise indicated. CBC, complete blood count.