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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims This study aimed to explore the relationship between stress‐induced hyperglycemia (SIH) and in‐hospital medical complications in patients with acute stroke. Methods We enrolled 865,765 patients with acute stroke from the Chinese Stroke Center Alliance cohort.
Xintong Song +6 more
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Evaluation of Urine Dipstick For Leukocyte Esterase Test For Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection
Diyala Journal of Medicine, 2020 Background:General urine examination (GUE) and urine culture are the most requested tests by clinicians for patients with symptoms suggestive of urinary tract infections (UTI). However, they are laborious methods.
Shaima'a Rahem Al-Salihy
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Changing the use of isolated urine-culture testing with diagnostic testing stewardship
Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2022 Background: Urine testing is one of the more frequently ordered diagnostic tests among hospitalized patients. Many hospitals have implemented urinalysis with reflex culture (UARC) as a method of diagnostic testing stewardship to guide appropriate use of ...
Jessica Penney +4 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective People with epilepsy (PWE) may experience cognitive deficits but fail to undergo formal evaluation. This study compares cognitive status between PWE and healthy controls in the West African Republic of Guinea. Methods A cross‐sectional, case–control study was conducted in sequential recruitment phases (July 2024–July 2025) at Ignace ...
Maya L. Mastick +14 more
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Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases, 2019 Background: Tuberculosis is a common cause of mortality and morbidity among people living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the increased prognosis of tuberculosis among HIV infected patients, diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) smear microscopy has a low ...
Alemu Chemeda +4 more
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Clinical Value of a Routine Urine Culture Prior to Transrectal Prostate Biopsy
European Urology Open Science, 2023 Background: Infectious complications after a transrectal prostate biopsy may be severe. In Sweden, a routine culture prior to all prostate biopsies was introduced to enable targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis and reduce postbiopsy infections.
Joakim Örtegren +6 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by antibody‐mediated complement activation. Efgartigimod, a neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) antagonist, is approved for treating generalized MG (gMG). However, its modulatory effects on upstream innate and adaptive immune cells remain largely unexplored.
Lei Jin +11 more
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Preanalytical requirements: Focus on urine culture
BLDE University Journal of Health Sciences, 2019 In a microbiology laboratory, the urine cultures rank among the major tests ordered by doctors. Urine culture using both automated and traditional manual methods are commonly used.
Sunite A Ganju, Neeraj Kumar Ganju
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International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020 Objective: To assess the relevance of urine test (UT), urine culture (UC) and stone culture (SC) for postoperative infections and to investigate the optimal perioperative antibiotic treatment strategy in association with percutaneous nephrolithotomy ...
Tao Zeng +11 more
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