IRIS iQ200 workstation as a screen for performing urine culture

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-8

  Parta, Mark ^a,b   Hudson, Bernita Y ^a   Le, Thao P ^c,d   Ittmann, Michael ^a,b   Musher, Daniel M ^a,b   Stager, Charles ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QUEST DIAGNOSTICS NICHOLS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Kingwood Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated urinalysis; Cost analysis; Screening urinalysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA DUBLINIENSIS; CATHETERIZATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUNGAL DETECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; NITRITES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YEASTS;

EID: 84870727957     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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