Urine culture collected from gel-based diapers: Developing a novel experimental laboratory method

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 91-95

  Shvartzman, Pesach ^a   Nasri, Yussuf ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAPER; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EQUIPMENT; GEL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIAPERS, INFANT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GELS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 3242877201     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.2.91     Document Type: Article

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