Testing for urinary tract colonization before high-dose corticosteroid treatment in acute multiple sclerosis relapses: Prospective algorithm validation

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 448-452

  Rakusa, M ^a,b   Murphy, O ^a   McIntyre, L ^a   Porter, B ^a   Panicker, J ^a   Fowler, C ^a   Scott, G ^a   Chataway, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Dipstick; Multiple sclerosis; Negative predictive value; Relapse; Urinary tract colonization

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTERASE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELAPSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY DIPSTICK TESTING; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84873997583     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03806.x     Document Type: Article

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