PP: UTIs - when to do a lumbar puncture?

This week we examine a large retrospective study from the US that looked at how often (or infrequently) well-looking febrile infants are found to have UTIs and meningitis. This article has helped mould our rubric for investigating infants with PUO (fever of unknown origin).

For the written summary of this paper and link to the original paper, please visit the Paediatric Papers website

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