Measurement of urinary lactoferrin as a marker of urinary tract infection

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 553-557

  Arao, Shinsuke ^a   Matsuura, Shiro ^b   Nonomura, Mitsuo ^c   Miki, Kanji ^d   Kabasawa, Keigo ^b   Nakanishi, Hisao ^e  

^a Iatron Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

^b Iatron Laboratories Inc   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^d KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e Pub Hlth Res Institute of Kobe   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 0032996937     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.3.553-557.1999     Document Type: Article

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