Enhanced versus automated urinalysis for screening of urinary tract infections in children in the emergency department

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 272-275

  Shah, Ami P ^a   Cobb, Benjamin T ^b   Lower, Darla R ^c   Shaikh, Nader ^b   Rasmussen, Jayne ^d   Hoberman, Alejandro ^b   Wald, Ellen R ^e   Rosendorff, Adam ^b   Hickey, Robert W ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriuria; Pyuria; Urinalysis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PYURIA; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE SAMPLING; UROLOGICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYURIA; ROC CURVE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907199506     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000215     Document Type: Article

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