Diagnostic value of leukocyte esterase and nitrite tests for the detection of urinary tractinfection

Biomedical and Pharmacology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-260

  Nava, Melody Omrani ^a   Mirzaei, Nazanin ^a   Ebrahimian, Vahid ^b   Molaei, Meysam ^a   Tohidnia, Fatemeh ^a   Pursafar, Mahdi ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Ramsar Imam Sajad Hospital   (Iran)

Author keywords

Leukocyte esterase; Nitrite; Urinary tract infection; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIPSTICK TEST; DYSURIA; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLEY BALLOON CATHETER; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VOMITING;

EID: 84875026439     PISSN: 09746242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13005/bpj/353     Document Type: Article

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