Standardization of isothermal microcalorimetry in urinary tract infection detection by using artificial urine

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 553-557

  Bonkat, Gernot ^a,b   Braissant, Olivier ^a,b   Rieken, Malte ^a   Solokhina, Anna ^b   Widmer, Andreas F ^a   Frei, Reno ^a   van der Merwe, Andre ^c   Wyler, Stephen ^a   Gasser, Thomas C ^a   Bachmann, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial urine; Diagnosis of urinary tract infection; Heat flow curves; Isothermal microcalorimetry; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84878216821     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-012-0913-2     Document Type: Article

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