Overdiagnosis of urinary tract infection and underdiagnosis of sexually transmitted infection in adult women presenting to an emergency department

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2686-2692

  Tomas, Myreen E ^a,c   Getman, Damon ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^c   Hecker, Michelle T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Hologic   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ESTERASE; LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE; NITRITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYURIA; RASH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYMPTOM; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UNDERDIAGNOSIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL OVERUSE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938058597     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00670-15     Document Type: Article

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