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

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...

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Published in:Scand J Prim Health Care
Main Authors: Pernille, Hoelmkjaer, Lars, Bjerrum, Marjukka, Mäkelä, Volkert, Siersma, Anne, Holm
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6452804/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30689471
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2019.1568708
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