Disappointing dipstick screening for urinary tract infection in hospital inpatients

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 471-472

  Zaman, Z ^a   Borremans, A ^b   Verhaegen, J ^c   Verbist, L ^c   Blanckaert, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Information Systems ^*

^c Laboratory of Bacteriology

Author keywords

Dipstick; Leucocyte esterase; Nitrite

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; ESTERASE; NITRITE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE LEVEL; URINE SEDIMENT;

EID: 0031809230     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.51.6.471     Document Type: Article

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