RSV-SBI Study Group of the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative

ABSTRACT. Objective. Previous research has identi-fied clinical predictors for urinary tract infection (UTI) to guide urine screening in febrile children <24 months of age. These studies have been limited to single centers, and few have focused on young infants who may be most at risk for complications if a UTI is missed. The objective of this study was to identify clinical and demographic factors associated with UTI in febrile infants who are <60 days of age using a prospective multicenter cohort. Methods. We conducted a multicenter, prospective, cross-sectional study during consecutive bronchiolitis seasons. All febrile (>38°C) infants who were <60 days of age and seen at any of 8 pediatric emergency depart-ments from October through March 1999–2001 were eli-gible. Clinical appearance was evaluated using the Yal