Diagnostic performance of some urine assays in urinary tract infection;Rendimiento diagnóstico de algunas pruebas en orina en las infecciones de vías urinarias

Revista de Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Leaños Miranda, Alfredo ^a,b   Contreras Hernández, Iris ^a   Camacho, Rebeca ^a   Villagómez Salcedo, Eduardo ^a   Cervantes Gorayeb, Imelda ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Diagnostic test; Leukocyte estearase; Nitrites; Pyuria; ROC curves; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 3743067136     PISSN: 00348376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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