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The reliability and validity of using the urine dipstick test by patient self-assessment for urinary tract infection screening in spinal cord injury patients

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2017
Aims: The aim of this is to evaluate the reliability of the urine dipstick test by patients' self-assessment for urinary tract infection (UTI) screening and to determine the validity of urine dipstick test.
Krit Duanngai, Patpiya Sirasaporn, Siriwan Surapaitoon Ngaosinchai   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The utility of urinary dipstick in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection in children

Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal, 2020
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is frequent in children and may have significant adverse effects, especially for young children. Objective: The objective was to assess the sensitivity and specificity of pyuria, leukocyte esterase, and nitrite ...
Zuhair Mahdi Al-Musawi, Qahtan Mohammed Ali Al-Obaidy, Zaynab Hazim Husein   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quinidine-induced inhibition of leukocyte esterases.

Clinical Chemistry, 1988
Abstract We have demonstrated the feasibility of a system based on image processing to measure enzyme activity inside morphologically classified individual cells. When used in this system, quinidine inhibited naphthol AS-D chloroacetate esterase in polymorphonuclear neutrophils and alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase and alpha-naphthyl ...
O T, Markovic, D S, Young, N S, Markovic
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Sensitivity and Specificity of Urinalysis to Diagnose Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in Patients with Urolithiasis at RSUP Dr. Sardjito Hospital

Jurnal Urologi Indonesia, 2016
Objective: Urolithiasis could be caused by urinary tract infection (UTI). UTI in patients with urolithiasis need to be diagnose and manage as soon as possible.
Awang Dyan Purnomo, Untung Tranggono
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid tests and urine sampling techniques for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in children under five years: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2005
Background: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common sources of infection in children under five. Prompt diagnosis and treatment is important to reduce the risk of renal scarring.
A Doley, A Hoberman, A Hoberman, A Hoberman, AG Weinberg, AM Rodriguez Caballero, AS Aronson, B Bulloch, B Lejeune, B Schersten, C Villanustre Ordonez, CB Begg, CE Armengol, CE Armengol, CM Kunin, CV Pryles, D Vickers, DS Lin, DS Lin, EB Mendez, FJ Marsik, FY Anad, G Schreiter, G Vangone, GR Lockhart, GS Liptak, H Braude, H Saxena, H Tahirovic, HA Cohen, Ian Watt, IJ Ramage, J Benito Fernandez, J Benito Fernandez, J Labbe, J Larcombe, J Matthai, J Parmington, J Pylkkanen, J Rodriguez Cervilla, J Steurer, J Steurer, J Todd, J Upadhyay, J Wiggelinkhuizen, JA Lohr, JD Hardy, JL Fleiss, JM Littlewood, Jos Kleijnen, Julie Cooper, K Dickersin, KN Shaw, KN Shaw, L Huicho, L Kohler, LE Moses, LS Palmer, M Demi, M Farrell, M Giraldez, M Hiraoka, M Marret, MA Santos, Marie Westwood, MH Gorelick, MN Woodward, N Sharief, P Whiting, PC Boreland, PD Holland, Penny Whiting, PMM Bossuyt, PS Dayan, PS Dayan, R Bachur, R DerSimonian, R Lagos Zuccone, R Manson, RD Craver, RD Wammanda, RE Morton, RF Galbraith, RS Fennell, S Arslan, S Dosa, S Feasey, SJ Vernon, SM Downs, T Ahmad, VN Purwar, Y Waisman   +91 more
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EVALUATION OF LEUKOCYTE ESTERASE REAGENT STRIPS TEST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF SPONTANEOUS BACTERIAL PERITONITIS IN CHILDREN WITH CIRRHOSIS

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2015
BackgroundSpontaneous bacterial peritonitis is defined as an ascetic fluid infection without an evident intra-abdominal surgically treatable source.
Naser HONAR, Bita GERAMIZADEH, Seyed-Mohsen DEHGHANI, Gholamreza KALVANDI, Iraj SHAHRAMIAN, Asghar RAHMANI, Hazhir JAVAHERIZADEH   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The alpha-defensin test for periprosthetic joint infection outperforms the leukocyte esterase test strip. [PDF]

Clin Orthop Relat Res, 2015
Deirmengian C, Kardos K, Kilmartin P, Cameron A, Schiller K, Booth RE, Parvizi J.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Reliability of dipstick assay in predicting urinary tract infection

Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2015
Aims: Urine dipstick analysis is a quick, cheap and a useful test in predicting Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) in hospitalized patients. Our aim is to evaluate the reliability (sensitivity) of urine dipstick analysis against urine culture in the diagnosis
Anith Kumar Mambatta, Jayalakshmi Jayarajan, Vinitha L Rashme, Sanchitha Harini, Sujaya Menon, Jayachandran Kuppusamy   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diagnosis of Deep Periprosthetic Infection of the Hip [PDF]

Travmatologiâ i Ortopediâ Rossii, 2022
Periprosthetic infection (PJI) is one of the most frequent and devastating complications of total hip arthroplasty (THA). Early and accurate diagnosis of PJI allows timely initiation of treatment.
Valery Yu. Murylev, Alexander I. Rudnev, Grigory A. Kukovenko, Pavel M. Elizarov, Alexey V. Muzychenkov, Semyon Sergeevich Alekseev   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimal management of urinary tract infections in older people [PDF]

, 2011
Urinary tract infections (UTI) occur frequently in older people. Unfortunately, UTI is commonly overdiagnosed and overtreated on the basis of nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms.
Beveridge, Louise A., Davey, Peter G., McMurdo, Marion E. T., Phillips, Gabby   +3 more
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