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 +5 more
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Culture of urine specimens by use of chromID CPS Elite medium can expedite Escherichia coli identification and reduce hands-on time in the clinical laboratory [PDF]
, 2016 Urine is one of the most common specimen types submitted to the clinical microbiology laboratory; the use of chromogenic agar is one method by which the laboratory might expedite culture results and reduce hands-on time and materials required for urine ...
Burnham, Carey-Ann D +4 more
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Renal tubular epithelial cells add value in the diagnosis of upper urinary tract pathology [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Diagnosis of upper urinary tract infections (UTI) is challenging. We evaluated the analytical and diagnostic performance characteristics of renal tubular epithelial cells (RTECs) and transitional epithelial cells (TECs) on the Sysmex UF-5000 ...
Boelens, Jerina +3 more
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Urinary tract infections and post-operative fever in percutaneous nephrolithotomy [PDF]
, 2012 To review the incidence of UTIs, post-operative fever, and risk factors for post-operative fever in PCNL patients. Between 2007 and 2009, consecutive PCNL patients were enrolled from 96 centers participating in the PCNL Global Study.
Amón Sesmero, José H +9 more
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Human Cytomegalovirus: detection of congenital and perinatal infection in Argentina [PDF]
, 2004 BACKGROUND: Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most commonly found agents of congenital infections. Primary maternal infection is associated with risk of symptomatic congenital diseases, and high morbidity is frequently associated with very low ...
Alicia Alonso +25 more
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Host and bacterial proteases influence biofilm formation and virulence in a murine model of enterococcal catheter-associated urinary tract infection [PDF]
, 2017 Urinary tract infections: targeting enzymes might help Identifying bacterial and host enzymes that support biofilm formation may help prevent urinary tract infections caused by catheters.
Caparon, Michael G +5 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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Outpatient Urine Culture [PDF]
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2000 Dysuria is one of the most common presenting complaints of young women, and urinalysis is one of the most common laboratory tests performed. Despite the fact that the midstream clean-catch technique is commonly used for urine collection, contaminated urine cultures occur with distressing regularity. The midstream clean-catch technique is time-consuming
E, Lifshitz, L, Kramer
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Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteriuria as a Predictor of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia. Results of a Retrospective Cohort Study [PDF]
, 2020 Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SA-BSI) is an infection with increasing morbidity and mortality. Concomitant Staphylococcus aureus bacteriuria (SABU) frequently occurs in patients with SA-BSI.
Behnke, Michael +6 more
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Performance of the Sysmex UF-1000i System in Screening for Significant Bacteriuria in Patients with Bladder Cancer Who Received Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Treatment [PDF]
Urogenital Tract Infection, 2020 Purpose Diagnosing urinary tract infections by urine culture is time-consuming during a Bacillus Calmette-Guérin treatment. Because the urine culture results take time to collect, patients are treated presumptively, or Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is ...
Tae Hee Kim +6 more
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