Performance of the urine leukocyte esterase and nitrite dipstick test for the diagnosis of acute prostatitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 951-953

  Etienne, Manuel ^a   Pestel Caron, Martine ^a   Chavanet, Pascal ^b   Caron, François ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTERASE; NITRITE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; URINALYSIS; ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NITRITES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATITIS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 40749108978     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528873     Document Type: Letter

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