Evaluation of endotoxiuria for diagnosis of urinary tract infection after major surgical procedures

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 155-161

  Berger, Dieter ^a,b   Boelke, Edwin ^a   Seidelmann, Manuela ^a   Beger, Hans G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Limulus amebocyte lysate test; Urinary tract infection; Urine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENDOTOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TECHNIQUE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0030020190     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(95)06190-8     Document Type: Article

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