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However, urine cultures require at least 24\u00a0h to confirm or exclude UTI, and therefore, clinical variables may help to identify patients who require immediate empirical broad-spectrum antibiotics and surgical intervention. Therefore, we divided a consecutive cohort of 705 patients diagnosed with symptomatic ureterolithiasis at a single institution between 2011 and 2017 into a training (80%) and a testing cohort (20%). A machine-learning-based variable selection approach was used for the fitting of a multivariable prognostic logistic regression model. The discriminatory ability of the model was quantified by the area under the curve (AUC) of receiver-operating curves (ROC). After validation and calibration of the model, a nomogram was created, and decision curve analysis (DCA) was used to evaluate the clinical net-benefit. UTI was observed in 40 patients (6%). LASSO regression selected the variables elevated serum CRP, positive nitrite, and positive leukocyte esterase for fitting of the model with the highest discriminatory ability. In the testing cohort, model performance evaluation for prediction of UTI showed an AUC of 82 (95% CI 71.5\u201395.7%). Model calibration plots showed excellent calibration. DCA showed a clinically meaningful net-benefit between a threshold probability of 0 and 80% for the novel model, which was superior to the net-benefit provided by either one of its singular components. 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