The association between fever and pyuria in children older than one month

Introduction: some assumptions have been made on the probable association between feverand pyuria.objectives: the present study aimed to investigate the association between fever and pyuria.patients and methods: in this case-control study, 90 febrile and 90 non-febrile childrenaged more than one month who were admitted to the pediatric ward were included. urinespecimens of children less than 2 years of age were collected by urine bag. midstream urinesamples were collected and immediately sent to the laboratory for complete urinalysis andurine culture.results: overall, 6.7% in febrile children and 2.2% in control group had pyuria howeverthere was no significant association between fever and pyuria (p > 0.05). additionally, noassociation between the presence of pyuria and type of disease was detected (p > 0.40).conclusion: the present study could not reveal any association between fever and pyuria inchildren older than one month.