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Urine Flow Cytometry Parameter Cannot Safely Predict Contamination of Urine—A Cohort Study of a Swiss Emergency Department Using Machine Learning Techniques

Diagnostics, 2022
Background: Urine flow cytometry (UFC) analyses urine samples and determines parameter counts. We aimed to predict different types of urine culture growth, including mixed growth indicating urine culture contamination.
Martin Müller, Nadine Sägesser, Peter M. Keller, Spyridon Arampatzis, Benedict Steffens, Simone Ehrhard, Alexander B. Leichtle   +6 more
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Impact of provider-selected indication requirement on urine test utilization and positivity

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the impact of the addition of an indication specification requirement to isolated urine-culture ordering on testing utilization.
Jessica A. Penney, Angie Mae Rodday, Paola Sebastiani, David R. Snydman, Shira I. Doron   +4 more
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Comparison of a Chromogenic Urine Culture Plate System (UTid+) and Conventional Urine Culture for Canine and Feline Specimens

Veterinary Sciences, 2022
In companion animal medicine, urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common indications for antimicrobial therapy. Definitive diagnosis of UTI requires isolation of bacteria with routine urine culture from an animal with concurrent clinical ...
Stephen D. Cole, Maya Swiderski, Jaclyn Dietrich, Kathryn M. McGonigle   +3 more
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Effect of delay on culture of urine [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 1976
One hundred random urine specimens which were submitted for culture were planted using a calibrated loop within 2 h of collection and 2 and 4 h later after standing at room temperature. Colonies were counted after an 18- to 24-h incubation at 37 degrees C.
R, Hindman, B, Tronic, R, Bartlett
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Diagnosis of bacterial urinary tract infection: Utility of urine myeloperoxidase concentration to predict urine culture results in dogs.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Suspected bacterial urinary tract infections (UTI) are a common cause of overuse and misuse of antimicrobials. A bedside diagnostic test that could accurately predict urine culture results would prevent antimicrobial overuse, but accurate biomarkers have
Jillian Myers Smith, Courtney Thomason, Xiaocun Sun, Elizabeth M Lennon   +3 more
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Prevalence of signs of lower urinary tract disease and positive urine culture in dogs with diabetes mellitus: A retrospective study

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2023
Background No recent studies have evaluated the association between clinical signs of lower urinary tract disease (LUTD) and positive urine culture in dogs with diabetes mellitus.
Valerie Nelson, Amy Downey, Stacie Summers, Sarah Shropshire   +3 more
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Interpreting positive urine cultures [PDF]

Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2013
On behalf of emergency physicians at Hamilton Health Sciences, we are compelled to respond to an article[1][1] that appeared in the practice section of CMAJ . In a survey of our colleagues, 29 out of 30 respondents believed that the patient in the article by Vaisman and colleagues[1][1] had ...
Margaret J, Ackerman, Andrew, Worster, Daren, Lin   +2 more
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COMPARISON OF URINE CULTURE AND URINE DIPSTICK ANALYSIS IN DIAGNOSIS OF URINARY TRACT INFECTION [PDF]

Acta Medica Iranica, 2007
Urine dipstick is a useful and commonly used test because of its rapidity and low cost; however its diagnostic accuracy is debatable. This research were carried out To determine sensitivity, specificity and positive and negative predictive values of ...
P. Ayazi M. M. Daneshi
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Assessment of bacterial and fungal populations in urine from clinically healthy dogs using next‐generation sequencing

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2021
Background Urine from clinically healthy dogs is not sterile. Characterizing microbial diversity and abundance within this population of dogs is important to define normal reference ranges for healthy urine.
Tonatiuh Melgarejo, Brian B. Oakley, Janina A. Krumbeck, Shuiquan Tang, Adam Krantz, Annika Linde   +5 more
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Evaluation of the BD urine culture application for artificial intelligence-assisted urine culture interpretation

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Artificial intelligence-based culture reading tools can potentially accelerate reading, improving reporting consistency in image-based interpretation, which is relevant for high-volume urine cultures.
Petrus van der Walt, Prenilla Naidu, Silvana Avoledo, Cecilia Mak, Francene Starko   +4 more
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