Age (y) | Timing of samples | WCC (× 109/l) | Log10(org ct)/ml | IL-8 (pg/ml) | Culture report | Acute conditions | Chronic conditions | |||
12.3 | 0 | 0 | 3960 | Neg | Pancreatitis | Recurrent pancreatitis | ||||
9.9 | 0 | <3 | 3142 | “Mixed contaminants” | Routine sample | Ureteric reflux and renal scarring; recurrent UTI; resection duplex kidney | ||||
3.9 | <1 | 0 | 2438 | 8 perioperative samples all negative | Recent UT surgery (sample from ureteric stent) | |||||
1.1 | 0 | <3 | 1578 | “Contaminant” | URI | Ureteric reflux | ||||
2.9 | 3 | 0 | 1568 | Neg | Poor epilepsy control | Cerebral palsy | ||||
6.1 | <1 | 0 | 1408 | Neg | PUO | |||||
7.0 | 4–5 | 4 | 1286 | Coag neg staph | Trauma case, routine sample | |||||
14.8 | 0 | 0 | 1228 | Neg | Epigastric pain | |||||
0.2 | 0 | <3 | 1212 | “Contaminant” | PUO | Rickets | ||||
0.01 | Sm1 | 0 | 0 | 1032 | Neg | Postoperative diaphragmatic hernia | ||||
Sm1+1 day | 0 | 0 | 998 | |||||||
4.4 | 1–2 | 0 | 1012 | Neg | Pneumonia | Acute leukaemia with neutropenia | ||||
2.9 | 0 | <3 | 946 | “Mixed contaminants” | Routine sample | Recurrent UTI | ||||
0.2 | 0 | <3 | 832 | “Contaminant” | Routine sample | Anaemia, constipation | ||||
3.3 | 0 | 0 | 802 | Neg | Balanitis | Incontinence | ||||
6.1 | <1 | 0 | 782 | Neg | PUO; pneumonia | |||||
9.1 | 2–3 | 4 | 766 | “Mixed contaminants” | Appendicitis | |||||
4.6 | 0 | 0 | 720 | Neg | Neuropathic bladder, constipation, caries | |||||
5.9 | 0 | 0 | 640 | Neg | PUO | Acute leukaemia with neutropenia | ||||
12.8 | 0 | 0 | 640 | Neg | Abdominal pain | Pinworm infestation | ||||
0.9 | 0 | 0 | 556 | Neg | Postoperative abnormal urethra and genitalia | |||||
0.1 | 0 | 0 | 554 | Neg | Pneumonia; postoperative diaphragmatic hernia | |||||
8.0 | 0 | 0 | 476 | Neg | Routine sample | Newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus | ||||
1.4 | 1–2 | <3 | 430 | Coliform and coag neg staph | PUO | Fragile X syndrome | ||||
0.1–15 | n = 18 | 0–2 | <3 | 0 | All negative | URI (5), PUO (1), routine sample (7), diarrhoea and vomiting (3), abdominal pain (1) | Recurrent UTI (4), Henoch–Schonlein purpura (1), non-urological disorders (9) | |||
0.2–8.5 | n = 13 | 0 | <5 | 0 | Neg | No clinical information | ||||
2.1–6.1 | n = 5 | 1–4 | 0 | 0 | Neg | No clinical information | ||||
0.1–18.4 | n = 180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neg | Information not sought |
UT(I), urinary tract (infection); URI, upper respiratory infection; PUO, pyrexia of unknown origin; N/A, not available; WCC, white cell count; org ct, organism count; coag neg staph, coagulase negative staphylococcus; Sm, sample; Neg, negative.