A critical appraisal of the role of the clinical microbiology laboratory in the diagnosis of urinary tract infections

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Burd, Eileen M ^a   Kehl, K Sue ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYSTITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE EXCRETION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA SECRETION;

EID: 80053208003     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00788-11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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