Dipstick analysis for screening of paediatric urine.
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Dipstick analysis for screening of paediatric urine.
The examination of. urine specimens constitutes a major portion of the work of a clinical microbiology laboratory. Although the prevalence of urinary tract infection varies for different patient populations, most urine specimens are culture negative. In this laboratory only 12% of paediatric urines show evidence of urinary tract infection. The availability of a rapid reliable screening test for...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.39.12.1360