Cytometry in the diagnosis of acute urinary tract infections: One year's experience

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-80

  Gessoni, G ^a   Valverde, S ^a   Maturi, P ^a   Giacomini, A ^a   Antico, F ^a   Manoni, F ^a  

^a Ctro Regionale Specializzato P   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LETTER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 1442290177     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510410003886     Document Type: Letter

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