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Accuracy of Leukocyte Esterase Reagent Strip (LERS) test for rapid bedside screening of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: An observational study.

J Family Med Prim Care, 2020
Introduction: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a frequent and severe complication in cirrhotic patients with ascites. SBP is generally diagnosed based on an increased number of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in the ascitic fluid (>250/mm3) and ...
Khairnar H, Ingle M, Pandey V, Kolhe K, Chauhan S, Sawant P, Walke S, Chaudhary V.   +7 more
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What Is the Diagnostic Accuracy of Alpha-Defensin and Leukocyte Esterase Test in Periprosthetic Shoulder Infection? [PDF]

Clin Orthop Relat Res, 2019
BACKGROUND The diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is challenging, especially in patients with Cutibacterium (formerly Propionibacterium) acnes infection.
Unter Ecker N, Koniker A, Gehrke T, Salber J, Zahar A, Hentschke M, Citak M.   +6 more
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Quantitative urine test strip reading for leukocyte esterase and hemoglobin peroxidase [PDF]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2018
Background: Recently, urine test strip readers have become available for automated test strip analysis. We explored the possibilities of the Sysmex UC-3500 automated urine chemistry analyzer based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor ...
Delanghe, Joris, Himpe, Jonas, Oyaert, Matthijs, Speeckaert, Marijn, Stove, Veronique   +4 more
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Reliability of synovial fluid alpha-defensin and leukocyte esterase in diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI): a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

J Orthop Surg Res, 2019
BackgroundSynovial fluid proteins had been applied as diagnostic biomarkers for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in recent research papers. Thus, this meta-analysis aimed to estimate the diagnostic efficiency of synovial fluid α-defensin and ...
Chen Y, Kang X, Tao J, Zhang Y, Ying C, Lin W.   +5 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Point-of-care Nitrite and Leukocyte Esterase Dipstick Test for the Screening of Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections

Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2021
Our study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic performance of point-of-care nitrite and leukocyte esterase (LE) dipsticks in the diagnosis of suspected urinary tract infection (UTI) in infants
Sriram Krishnamurthy, Jayasurya Suresh, Jharna Mandal, Nivedita Mondal, Palanisamy Sivamurukan   +4 more
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Determination of diagnostic value (validity) leukocyte esterase (urine dipstick strip) in differentiating inflammatory arthritis from bacterial arthritis

Advances in Rheumatology, 2020
Background The current diagnostic cornerstone for septic arthritis contains gram stains, bacterial culture, and cell count with a differential of aspirated synovial fluid.
Mehrnoush Hassas Yeganeh, Maryam Talaei, Alireza Ebrahimi Bazzaz, Khosro Rahmani, Reza Sinaei, Mohamadreza Fathi, Reza Shiari, Hamid Hosseinzadeh   +7 more
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Comparison between Leukocyte Esterase Activity (LEA) and Histopathology Examination in Identifying Chorioamnionitis Cases

Indonesian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2019
Objective: To compare sensitivity and specificity of LEA to histopathology examination in diagnosing chorioamnionitis. Methods: We compared diagnostic tests in dr. Mohammad Hoesin hospital, Palembang, from September 2015 to April 2016.
Putri H Novianesari, Nuswil Bernolian, Henni Maulani, Afifa Ramadanti, Theodorus Theodorus   +4 more
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Urine Dipstick Leukocyte Esterase in the Rapid Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis. [PDF]

Arch Bone Jt Surg, 2022
Aslani H, Pasha Zanoosi MR, Navali AM.
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Leukocyte esterase strip test as a reliable intraoperative PJIs biomarker. Our experience. [PDF]

Acta Biomed, 2019
Backgroud and aim of work: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is the most common cause of total knee replacement failure and the third most common cause of total hip replacement failure, accounting for 16.8% of all knee revisions and 14.8% of the hip ...
Di Benedetto P, Dalla Vecchia G, Dante F, Gisonni R, Cainero V, Causero A.   +5 more
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Alpha defensin, leukocyte esterase, C-reactive protein, and leukocyte count in synovial fluid for pre-operative diagnosis of periprosthetic infection. [PDF]

Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol, 2018
Synovial fluid analysis for diagnosis of prosthetic joint infections has gained increasing interest in the recent past when markers more specific for these infections than the serum ones have been identified.
De Vecchi E, Romanò CL, De Grandi R, Cappelletti L, Villa F, Drago L.   +5 more
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