The Inadequacy of Urinary Dipstick and Microscopy as Surrogate Markers of Urinary Tract Infection in Urological Outpatients With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Without Acute Frequency and Dysuria

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1843-1847

  Khasriya, Rajvinder ^a   Khan, Shozab ^a   Lunawat, Rahul ^a   Bishara, Samuel ^a   Bignal, Jenine ^a   Malone Lee, Matthew ^a   Ishii, Hiro ^a   O'Connor, Dominic ^a   Kelsey, Michael ^b   Malone Lee, James ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

pyuria; urinalysis; urinary tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY DIPSTICK; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY MICROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYURIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77950479495     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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