Usefulness of urine dipstick tests

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7063, 1996, Pages 1009-1010

  Wilson, Peter ^a   Cutler, Ronald R ^a   Jenks, Peter ^a   Clarke, Florence V ^a   Merrett, Jo ^a  

^a St Andrews's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; KETONE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GLYCOSURIA; HUMANS; KETONES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0029812225     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7063.1009b     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. Bonnardeaux A, Sommerville P, Kaye M. A study on the reliability of dipstick urinalysis. Clin Nephrol 1994; 41: 167 172.
3. Beer JH, Vogt A, Neftel K, Cottagnoud P. False positive results for leucocytes in urine dipstick test with common antibiotics BMJ 1996; 313: 25. (6 July.)