Risk Factors for UTI and Screening Recommendations
>56 DAYS - NOT TOILET TRAINED
FULLY TOILET TRAINED – 18 YRS
Female Risk Factors*
- Non-black
- T ≥ 39°C
- Fever ≥ 2 days
- No source
- < 12 months
Number of Risk Factors Present
- Consider screening ≥ 3
- Recommend screening ≥ 4
*Recommend screening if prior
history of UTI, fever ≥ 2 days
*For infants 2-3 months of age, consider lower threshold for screening
Male Risk Factors*
- Non-black
- T ≥ 39°C
- Fever ≥ 2 days
- No source
- < 6 months
Number of Risk Factors Present
Circumcised
- Consider screening ≥ 3
- Recommend screening ≥ 4
Uncircumcised
- Consider screening ≥ 2
- Recommend screening ≥ 3
All Patients
- Symptoms referable to urinary tract
- Prior history of UTI, fever ≥ 2 days
- Prolonged fever (≥ 5 days)
- Recommend screening for any of the above factors
Posted: June, 2011
Revised: October 2011, August 2014, October 2017 (Reviewed), June 2018
Authors: K. Shaw, MD, N. Plachter, CRNP, J. Lavelle, MD, T. Kolon, MD, M. Carr, MD, R. Keren, MD, R. Patel, MD, M. Dunne, MD, J. Kim, MD, J. Gerber, MD, M. Pradhan, MD, K. Ota, MD, C. Jacobstein MD, K. McGowan, PhD, T. Metjian, PharmD, M. Blackstone, MD