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We sought to evaluate the diagnostic test characteristics of urinalysis (UA) findings for symptomatic UTI in children with spina bifida.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Retrospective cross-sectional study using data from 2 centers from January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2021. Children with myelomeningocele aged &amp;lt;19 years who had paired UA (and microscopy, when available) and urine culture were included. The primary outcome was symptomatic UTI. We used generalized estimating equations to control for multiple encounters per child and calculated area under the receiver operating characteristics curve, sensitivity, and specificity for positive nitrites, pyuria (\u226510 white blood cells\/high-powered field), and leukocyte esterase (more than trace) for a symptomatic UTI.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We included 974 encounters from 319 unique children, of which 120 (12.3%) met our criteria for UTI. Pyuria had the highest sensitivity while nitrites were the most specific. Comparatively, nitrites were the least sensitive and pyuria was the least specific. When the cohort was limited to children with symptoms of a UTI, pyuria remained the most sensitive parameter, whereas nitrites remained the least sensitive. Nitrites continued to be the most specific, whereas pyuria was the least specific. Among all encounters, the overall area under the receiver operating characteristics curve for all components of the UA was lower in children who use clean intermittent catheterizations compared with all others.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Individual UA findings have moderate sensitivity (leukocyte esterase or pyuria) or specificity (nitrites) but overall poor diagnostic accuracy for symptomatic UTIs in children with spina bifida.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2023-065192","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,7]],"date-time":"2024-06-07T08:07:52Z","timestamp":1717747672000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Accuracy of Urinalysis for UTI in Spina Bifida"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"154","author":[{"given":"Catherine S.","family":"Forster","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"aUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rachel G.","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"bDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Asumi","family":"Gibeau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"aUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Theresa","family":"Meyer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"cAnn & Robert H. 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