Is a dipstick test sufficient to exclude urinary tract infection in women with overactive bladder?

International Urogynecology Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-232

  Hessdoerfer, Elke ^a   Jundt, Katharina ^b   Peschers, Ursula ^a  

^a Frauenklinik der Ludwig Maximilians Universität Muenchen ^*

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticholinergic therapy; Overactive bladder; Urge incontinence; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIPSTICK TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST STRIP; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE SEDIMENT; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 79951648930     PISSN: 09373462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00192-010-1263-5     Document Type: Article

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