Can routine automated urinalysis reduce culture requests?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 13-14, 2013, Pages 1285-1289

  Kayalp, Damla ^a   Dogan, Kubra ^a   Ceylan, Gozde ^a   Senes, Mehmet ^a   Yucel, Dogan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Culture; Data mining; Evidence based laboratory medicine; Rational test requesting; Urinalysis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ESTERASE; NITRITE; TEST STRIP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIURIA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE SEDIMENT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC USE; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TEST STRIP; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIURIA; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT STRIPS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84882909082     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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