Sampling of urine for diagnosing urinary tract infection in general practice - First-void or mid-stream urine?

• 主要な著者: Hoelmkjaer Pernille (著者), Bjerrum Lars (著者), Mäkelä Marjukka (著者), Siersma Volkert (著者), Holm Anne (著者)
• フォーマット: 図書
• 出版事項: Taylor & Francis Group, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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Objective: To study 1) whether the accuracy of point-of-care (POC) urine tests (dipstick, phase-contrast microscopy and culture) differs when performed on first-void urine (FVU) compared to mid-stream urine (MSU), and 2) if a delay of analysis up to four hours affects the accuracy of POC tests when...