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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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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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Utility of novel diagnostic tests for tuberculosis using human urine [PDF]

, 2012
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references.Two thirds of new TB cases in sub-Saharan Africa are HIV coinfected. HIV-TB co-infection increases the incidence of extra-pulmonary, sputum smear-negative and sputum-scarce TB.
Muchinga, Tapuwa Enwell
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Clinical Utility of a Commercial LAM-ELISA Assay for TB Diagnosis in HIV-Infected Patients Using Urine and Sputum Samples [PDF]

, 2010
Background: The accurate diagnosis of TB in HIV-infected patients, particularly with advanced immunosuppression, is difficult. Recent studies indicate that a lipoarabinomannan (LAM) assay (Clearview-TB (R)-ELISA) may have some utility for the diagnosis ...
Peter, J, Peter Jonathan, Richard van Zyl Smit, Zumla, A, Green, Clare, Sechi Leonardo, Sechi, L, Badri Motasim, Hoelscher Michael, Dawson, R, Badri, M, Green, C, Blackburn, J, Whitelaw, Andrew, Laurence Brunet, Pai, Madhukar, Meldau, Richard, Sechi, Leonardo Antonio, Badri, Motasim, Andrew Whitelaw, Brunet Laurence, Zumla Alimuddin, Smit, Richard van Zyl, Whitelaw Andrew, Dawson Rodney, Dawson, Rodney, Dheda, Keertan, Clare Green, Brunet, Laurence, Davids, Virginia, Blackburn Jonathan, Zyl-Smit, Richard N. van, Lenders, Laura, Ling, D, Sharma, S, Roberts, Teri, Leonardo Sechi, Surendra Sharma, Madhukar Pai, Pai Madhukar, Meldau, R, Virginia Davids, Dheda, K, Sharma, Surendra, Daphne Ling, Jonathan Blackburn, Sharma Surendra, van Zyl Smit, Richard, Keertan Dheda, Davids Virginia, Rodney Dawson, Green Clare, Hoelscher, Michael, Lenders, L, Sechi, Leonardo, Teri Roberts, Michael Hoelscher, Richard Meldau, Roberts Teri, Lenders Laura, van Zyl Smit Richard, Peter, Jonathan, Davids, V, Whitelaw, A, Meldau Richard, Hoelscher, M, Ling, Daphne, Pai, M, Jonathan Peter, Motasim Badri, Blackburn, Jonathan, Zumla, Alimuddin, Dheda Keertan, Smit, RV, Roberts, T, Laura Lenders, Ling Daphne, Alimuddin Zumla, Brunet, L   +78 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of a low-cost, urine antigen, point-of-care screening assay for HIV-associated pulmonary tuberculosis before antiretroviral therapy: a descriptive study. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The diagnostic accuracy of sputum smear microscopy and routine chest radiology for HIV-associated tuberculosis is poor, and culture-based diagnosis is slow, expensive, and is unavailable in most resource-limited settings.
Vogt, Monica, Kerkhoff, Andrew D, Monica Vogt, Lawn, Stephen D, Robin Wood, Andrew D Kerkhoff, Stephen D Lawn, Wood, Robin   +7 more
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Predicting urinary creatinine excretion and its usefulness to identify incomplete 24h urine collections [PDF]

, 2012
Studies using 24 h urine collections need to incorporate ways to validate the completeness of the urine samples. Models to predict urinary creatinine excretion (UCE) have been developed for this purpose; however, information on their usefulness to ...
Dekkers, A.L.M., Rehurkova, I., Veer, P., van 't, de Boer, E., Keyzer, W., de, de Henauw, S., Crispim, S.P., de Keyzer, W., van 't Veer, P., Maele, G., van, Volatier, J.L., Slimani, N., Boer, E., de, Huybrechts, I., Ruprich, J., Hulshof, P.J.M., Andersen, L.F., van Maele, G., Geelen, A., Henauw, S., de   +19 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, Seung Il Jung, Myung Soo Kim, Hyun-Jung Choi, Ho Seok Chung, Eu Chang Hwang, Dong Deuk Kwon   +6 more
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Development and characterization of a pseudo multiple reaction monitoring method for the quantification of human uromodulin in urine. [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Uromodulin is the most abundant protein in healthy human urine. Recently it has been suggested as a specific biomarker of renal tubular damage.
Hammond, Thomas G., Moes, Suzette, Devuyst, Olivier, Jenö, Paul, Hammond, Thomas G, Jennings, Paul, Odermatt, Alex, Youhanna, Sonia   +7 more
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Urine patch distribution under dairy grazing at three stocking rates in Ireland [PDF]

, 2011
peer-reviewedNitrate pollution of water is a serious global environmental issue. Grassland agriculture is a major source of diffuse nitrate pollution, with much of this nitrate originating from the urine patches of grazing animals.
Moir, James L., Di, H.J., Cameron, K.C., Hennessy, Deirdre, Richards, Karl G., Dennis, S.J.   +5 more
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