Urinalysis and urinary tract infection: Update for clinicians

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 249-255

  Young, Jennifer L ^a   Soper, David E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated Urinalysis; Bacteriuria; Dysuria; Pyuria; Urine Culture

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; NITRITE;

BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOMETRY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSURIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOCYTOMETER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY INFECTION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MICROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RECURRENT INFECTION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFLAMMATION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0035708944     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1064744901000412     Document Type: Review

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