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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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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, Monica, Vogt, M, Kerkhoff, Andrew D, Kerkhoff, AD, Wood, R, Lawn, Stephen D, Lawn, SD, Wood, Robin   +7 more
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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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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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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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Culture-negative acute cystitis

, 2023
This data was used to write the paper "Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of urine from patients having acute-cystitis-like symptoms with negative urine culture".
Masanori Matsukawa (3811528)
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Lipoarabinomannan in urine during tuberculosis treatment: association with host and pathogen factors and mycobacteriuria. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Detection of lipoarabinomannan (LAM), a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) cell wall antigen, is a potentially attractive diagnostic. However, the LAM-ELISA assay has demonstrated variable sensitivity in diagnosing TB in diverse clinical ...
Vogt, Monica, Middelkoop, Keren, Vogt Monica, Lawn Stephen D, Middelkoop Keren, Lawn, Stephen, Lawn, Stephen D, Robin Wood, Kreiswirth, Barry N., Bekker Linda-Gail, Stephen D Lawn, Racow, Kimberly, Racow Kimberly, Barry N Kreiswirth, Kreiswirth, Barry N, Wood Robin, Linda-Gail Bekker, Lawn, Stephen D., Monica Vogt, Kreiswirth Barry N, Kreiswirth, Barry, Bekker, Linda-Gail, Wood, Robin, Kimberly Racow, Keren Middelkoop   +24 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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Urinary ATP as an indicator of infection and inflammation of the urinary tract in patients with lower urinary tract symptoms [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP) is a neurotransmitter and inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathophysiology of lower urinary tract disease. ATP additionally reflects microbial biomass thus has potential as a surrogate marker of urinary
Baio, Gianluca, Malone-Lee, James, De Iorio, Maria, Sathiananamoorthy, Sanchutha, Horsley, Harry, Wildman, Scott S.P., Rohn, Jennifer L, Gill, Kiren, Khasriya, Rajvinder, Wildman, Scott, Kupelian, Anthony S   +10 more
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