Automated microscopy, dipsticks and the diagnosis of urinary tract infection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 193-197

  Lunn, Andy ^a   Holden, Stephen ^b   Boswell, Tim ^b   Watson, Alan R ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE DIPSTICK; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949894493     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.166835     Document Type: Article

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