Screening urine samples for the absence of urinary tract infection using the sediMAX automated microscopy analyser

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 605-609

  Rosanne Sterry Blunt, E ^a   Randall, Karen S ^a   Doughton, Michael J ^a   Aliyu, Sani H ^b   Enoch, David A ^b  

^a PETERBOROUGH CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SEDIMAX AUTOMATED MICROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURNAROUND TIME; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE; URINE CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; INFANT; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84935113887     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.000064     Document Type: Article

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