Evaluation of distrips, direct gram stain and pyuria as screening tests for the detection of bacteriuria

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 38-41

  Hussain, Raheela ^a   Chaudhry, Naseer Ahmed ^a   Anwar, Muhammad Saeed ^a   Khan, Saeed Akhtar ^a   Munir, Muhammad ^a   Tayyab, Muhammad ^a  

^a Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; GRAM'S STAIN; PHENAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PYURIA; TEST STRIP; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIURIA; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; PHENAZINES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYURIA; REAGENT STRIPS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030080091     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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