Should we abandon standard microscopy when screening for urinary tract infections in young children?

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1176-1177

  Armengol, C E ^a   Hendley, J O ^a   Schlager, T A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dipstick analysis; Urinary tract infection; Urine microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIPSTICK TEST; HUMAN; MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0035662623     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200112000-00018     Document Type: Article

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