Reflex Testing of Male Urine Specimens Misses Few Positive Cultures May Reduce Unnecessary Testing of Normal Specimens

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 74-76

  Fok, Cynthia ^a   Fitzgerald, Mary P ^a   Turk, Thomas ^a   Mueller, Elizabeth ^a   Dalaza, Leslie ^a   Schreckenberger, Paul ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX URINE TEST; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URINALYSIS; URINE;

EID: 72249097920     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.071     Document Type: Article

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