Detection of urinary tract infection (UTI) in long-term care setting: Is the multireagent strip an adequate diagnostic tool?

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-231

  Arinzon, Zeev ^a,b,c   Peisakh, Alexander ^c   Shuval, Ishay ^c   Shabat, Shay ^c   Berner, Yitshal N ^a,d  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Frieda Schiff Warburg Geriatric Ctr   (Israel)

^c Leumit Research Institue   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic bacteriuria; Long term care of the elderly; Multireagent strips; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; SCREENING; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; BACTERIURIA; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NITRITES; NURSING HOMES; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58749105798     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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