Comparison of urine contamination rates using three different methods of collection: Clean-catch, cotton wool pad and urine bag

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Alam, M T ^b   Coulter, J B S ^b   Pacheco, J ^a   Correia, J B ^a   Ribeiro, M G B ^a   Coelho, M F C ^a   Bunn, J E G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH MONITORING; URINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 14944361778     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146532805X23326     Document Type: Article

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