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Predictive Value of Urine Culture

American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1983
Robert S Galen, R C Bartlett
exaly   +3 more sources

Impact of eliminating reflex urine cultures on performed urine cultures and antibiotic use

American Journal of Infection Control, 2016
Inappropriate treatment of asymptomatic bacteriuria is often the result of unnecessary urinalyses and urine cultures. This study aimed to determine the impact of stopping the practice of reflex urine cultures. Our study demonstrated that stopping urine reflex cultures decreased the number of urine cultures performed and there was a trend toward a ...
Jessica, Dietz, Tze Shien, Lo, Kimberly, Hammer, Milagros, Zegarra   +3 more
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Diagnostic Stewardship for Urine Cultures

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America
Urinary tract infections are among the most common infectious diagnoses in health care, but most urinary tract infections are diagnosed inappropriately in patients without signs or symptoms of infection. Asymptomatic bacteriuria leads to inappropriate antibiotic prescribing and negative downstream effects, including antimicrobial resistance, health ...
K C, Coffey, Kimberley, Claeys, Daniel J, Morgan   +2 more
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Urine screening: an alternative to urine cultures.

Annals of clinical and laboratory science, 1988
Urine cultures represent one of the most commonly submitted specimens to a microbiology laboratory. In an attempt to manage effectively this type of specimen, Bac-T-Screen (BTS), nitrate and leukoestrase test were performed on all clean catch urine specimens sent for culture. Three hundred and four specimens were screened by these methods.
E, Madan, H, Quittner, J, Blackwell
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Positive urine cultures

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2023
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Urine Cultures and Correlation

2011
Antibodies to Proteus mirabilis in rheumatoid arthritis patients have been reported from London, Newcastle, Epsom and Stevenage in the UK, as well as from Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Japan and Bermuda. Proteus mirabilis accounts for about 10% of all urinary tract infections (Fairley et al. 1971).
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Quantitative Culture of Urine

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, 1964
P, EFFERSOE, K, JENSEN, J, ROSENBECK-HANSEN   +2 more
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Culture - Urine

2022
Michael Kaplan, Bruce E. Hirsch
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