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Medical Author:

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Medical Editor:

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor

Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.

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Author: Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, Chief Medical Editor, eMedicineHealth.com

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Liza A Di Leo Thomas, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ochsner Clinic Foundation.

Coauthor(s): Jonathan Olshaker, MD, Director of Emergency Care Services, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Professor, Departments of Surgery and Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; James Ungar, MD, Medical Director, Chair Department of Emergency Medicine Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

Reviewed By: John Baird, MD, FACS, Board Certified - American Board of Urology

REFERENCES:

Shaikh, N., N.E. Morone, J. Lopez, J. Chianese, S. Sangvai, F. D'Amico, A. Hoberman A, and E.R. Wald. "Does This Child Have a Urinary Tract Infection?" JAMA 298.24 Dec. 26, 2007 : 2895-2904.

St. John, A., J.C. Boyd, A.J. Lowes, and C.P. Price. "The Use of Urinary Dipstick Tests to Exclude Urinary Tract Infection: A Systematic Review of the Literature." Am J Clin Pathol 126.3 Sept. 2006: 428-436.

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