Lack of clinical utility of urine gram stain for suspected urinary tract infection in pediatric patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1282-1285

  Cantey, Joseph B ^a   Gaviria Agudelo, Claudia ^a,c   TeKippe, Erin McElvania ^a,b   Doern, Christopher D ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Valley Head Clinic   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STAINING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 84925275430     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00045-15     Document Type: Article

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