Midstream urine culture and sensitivity test is a poor predictor of infected urine proximal to the obstructing ureteral stone or infected stones: A prospective clinical study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 6 I, 2004, Pages 2142-2145

  Mariappan, Paramananthan ^a,b   Loong, Chong Wooi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture media; Sensitivity and specificity; Sepsis; Ureteral calculi; Ureteroscopy; Urine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTIVE UROPATHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; URETER STONE; URETERORENOSCOPY; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 2442447133     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000125116.62631.d2     Document Type: Article

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