An indigenously developed nitrite kit to aid in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 887-890

  Sood, Seema ^a   Upadhyaya, Pramod ^b   Kapil, Arti ^a   Lodha, Rakesh ^a   Jain, Yogesh ^a   Bagga, Arvind ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Nitrite test; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

NITRITE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROBIOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; NITRITES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033186276     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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