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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 +3 more
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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 [PDF]
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 +6 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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American Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research, 2015 Urinary tract infections are the diseases of the urogenital system caused by various microorganisms. Currently, the most used descriptive tests are urine strips, microscopic analysis of urine and spot bacteruria tests.
Cemal Polat +7 more
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High diagnostic yield of tuberculosis from screening urine samples from HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency using the Xpert MTB/RIF assay. [PDF]
, 2012 : ABSTRACT:: We determined the diagnostic yield of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay for tuberculosis (TB) when testing small volumes of urine from ambulatory HIV-infected patients prior to starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in South Africa.
Vogt, M, Kerkhoff, AD, Wood, R, Lawn, SD
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Urinary Cytology: Potential Role in Canine Urinary Tract Infections
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 The diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) requires a concomitant evaluation of clinical signs and urine culture, which is of fundamental to start an appropriate antibiotic treatment.
Ilaria Lippi +5 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 +4 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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Contamination rates of three urine-sampling methods to assess bacteriuria in pregnant women [PDF]
, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To estimate and compare contamination rates of three different urine-sampling methods in pregnant women to assess bacteriuria. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, 113 pregnant women collected three different midstream urine samples ...
Visser, C.E. +13 more
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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 +3 more
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