History and physical examination plus laboratory testing for the diagnosis of adult female urinary tract infection

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 631-645

  Meister, Lisa ^a   Morley, Eric J ^a   Scheer, Diane ^a   Sinert, Richard ^a  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PYURIA; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE CYTOLOGY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880251589     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12171     Document Type: Article

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