Herreros Fernández, María LuisaTagarro García, AlfredoGarcía-Pose, AraceliSánchez, AidaCañete Díaz, AlfonsoGili Manzanaro, Pablo2015-10-132015-10-132015Herreros, M. L., Tagarro, A., García-Pose, A., Sánchez, A., Cañete, A., & Gili, P. (2015). Accuracy of a new clean-catch technique for diagnosis of urinary tract infection in infants younger than 90 days of age. Paediatrics & Child Health, 20(6), e30-e33.12057088http://hdl.handle.net/11268/4392The objective of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of diagnosing urinary tract infections using a new, recently described, standardized clean-catch collection technique. Sixty paired urine cultures were obtained. The median age was 44-days-old. Seventeen percent were male infants. Clean-catch technique sensitivity was 97% (95% CI 82% to 100%) and specificity was 89% (95% CI 65% to 98%). The contamination rate of clean-catch samples was lower (5%) than the contamination rate of catheter specimens (8%). The sensitivity and specificity of urine cultures obtained using the clean-catch method through the new technique were accurate and the contamination rate was low. These results suggest that this technique is a valuable, alternative method for urinary tract infection diagnosis.engInfección urinariaMuestra orinaEstimulación vesicalSondaje vesicaljournal article10.1093/pch/20.6.e30restricted accessEnfermedades infecciosas en los niñosPediatríaEnfermedad