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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, Nadine Sägesser, Peter M. Keller, Spyridon Arampatzis, Benedict Steffens, Simone Ehrhard, Alexander B. Leichtle   +6 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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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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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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A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection

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, Osman Evliyaoğlu, Revşa Evin Canpolat Erkan, Ahmet Baştürk, Tugrul Çakir, Arif Aslaner, Şükran Can, Nuriye Mete   +7 more
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CORRELATION OF ROUTINE URINE CULTURE AND STONE CULTURE TO POST-OPERATIVE SIRS

Jurnal Urologi Indonesia, 2014
Objective: This study evaluated the correlation between preoperative urine culture and intraoperative stone culture and the impact of stone culture findings on post-operative systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
Taufik Indrawan, Sunaryo Hardjowijoto, Doddy M. Soebadi, Juniastuti Juniastuti, Budiono Budiono   +4 more
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Association Between Sexually Transmitted Infections and the Urine Culture [PDF]

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Bacterial urinary tract infections (UTI) and some sexually transmitted infections (STI) can have overlapping signs and symptoms or nonspecific findings, such as pyuria on urinalysis.
Johnathan M. Sheele, Carolyn Mead-Harvey, Nicole R. Hodgson   +2 more
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Moving Beyond the Reflex: Effect of a Clinical Decision Support Tool on Urine Culture Ordering Practices

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology
Background: Interventions targeting urine culture stewardship can improve diagnostic accuracy for urinary tract infections (UTI) and decrease inappropriate antibiotic treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria.
Elizabeth Kim, Julianne Kubes, Shanza Ashraf, Krystle Johnson, Lisa Reif, Kathryn Garcia, Jesse Jacob, Jessica Howard-Anderson   +7 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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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., Geerlings, S.E., van den Heuvel, E.R., Stolk, Ronald P.; id_orcid, Stolk, R.P., Erwich, J.J.H.M., Visser, Caroline E., Schneeberger, C., Stolk, Ronald P., Schneeberger, Caroline, Geerlings, Suzanne E., Erwich, Jan Jaap H. M., Erwich, Jan Jaap H. M.; id_orcid, van den Heuvel, Edwin R.   +13 more
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