A method for the rapid detection of urinary tract infections

Urology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 761-765

  Olsson, Carl ^a,b   Kapoor, Deepak ^b   Howard, Glenn ^c  

^a New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b Integrated Medical Professionals   (United States)

^c GH Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLOGY;

AMBULATORY CARE; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84859424727     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.12.040     Document Type: Article

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