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ArticleBrain sciences2021

Exploring Inflammatory Status in Febrile Seizures Associated with Urinary Tract Infections: A Two-Step Cluster Approach.

Raluca Maria Costea, Ionela Maniu, Luminita Dobrota, Rubén Pérez-Elvira, Maria Agudo, Javier Oltra-Cucarella, Andrei Dragomir, Ciprian Bacilă, Adela Banciu, Daniel Dumitru Banciu and 3 more

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Raluca Maria CosteaPediatric Research Department, Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550166 Sibiu, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2651-2007
Ionela ManiuPediatric Research Department, Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550166 Sibiu, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9284-597X
Luminita DobrotaFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.
Rubén Pérez-ElviraNeuropsychophysiology Laboratory, NEPSA Rehabilitación Neurológica, 37003 Salamanca, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9606-3791
Maria AgudoNeuropsychophysiology Laboratory, NEPSA Rehabilitación Neurológica, 37003 Salamanca, Spain.
Javier Oltra-CucarellaDepartment of Health Psychology, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, 03202 Elche, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5966-8556
Andrei DragomirN.1 Institute for Health, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-2815-6958
Ciprian BacilăFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.
Adela BanciuDepartment of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politechnic University of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Daniel Dumitru BanciuDepartment of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politechnic University of Bucharest, 011061 Bucharest, Romania.
Călin Remus CipăianFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.
Roxana CrișanFaculty of Medicine, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, 550024 Sibiu, Romania.
Bogdan NeamtuPediatric Research Department, Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, 550166 Sibiu, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-2573-621X
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu · ROUniversity of Bucharest · RONational University of Singapore · SGUniversitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ES

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Abstract

backgroundUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are considered common facilitating factors, along with other infections, in triggering febrile seizures (FS). The main purpose of our study was to identify specific inflammatory patterns of UTI cases from other infections in a specific cluster, using a combination of inflammatory biomarkers to differentiate UTIs from other bacterial diseases triggering FS.

methodThis prospective study included a number of 136 patients with 197 distinct FS events, from patients hospitalized in the Pediatric Clinical Hospital Sibiu, among which 10.2% were diagnosed with UTIs.

resultsIn one-third of the patients with UTIs (20 cases), the symptoms were limited to fever and FS. Using two-step cluster analysis, a distinct UTI inflammatory pattern has emerged: highest platelet values (PLT), median value 331 × 103/mm

conclusionsConsidering the nonspecific clinical picture of UTIs at an early age, to optimize the management of FS, a fast diagnosis of UTI is mandatory. The analysis of the inflammatory biomarker clusters (rather than individual parameters) correlated with urine leukocyte and nitrite stick evaluation for specific age groups could help in identifying even oligosymptomatic UTIs patients. The study limitation (20 UTI cases) recommends future multicentric trials on larger datasets to validate the model.

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cluster analysisCRPcut-off valuesfebrile seizuresinflammatory biomarkerslaboratory dataurinary tract infectionsurine leukocyte and nitrite stick test

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