Analytic laboratory performance of a point of care urine culture kit for diagnosis and antibiotic susceptibility testing

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2111-2119

  Bongard, E ^a   Frimodt Moller N ^c   Gal, M ^a   Wootton, M ^d   Howe, R ^d   Francis, N ^a   Goossens, H ^e   Butler, C C ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREAT BRITAIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE TESTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941425926     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-015-2460-4     Document Type: Article

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