Diagnostic value and cost utility analysis for urine Gram stain and urine microscopic examination as screening tests for urinary tract infection

Urological Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 220-222

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a   Udomsantisuk, Nibhond ^a   Boonchalermvichian, Chaiyaporn ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Gram stain; Microscopic examination; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GENTIAN VIOLET; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PHENAZINES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 21244475983     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-004-0457-z     Document Type: Article

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