Choice of urine collection methods for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in young, febrile infants

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 915-922

  Schroeder, Alan R ^a,e   Newman, Thomas B ^a,b   Wasserman, Richard C ^c,d   Finch, Stacia A ^c   Pantell, Robert H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ENZYME; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLOMBIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYMURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 26444573107     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.159.10.915     Document Type: Article

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