Urinalysis and Urinary Tract Infection: Update for Clinicians
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Urinalysis and Urinary Tract Infection: Update for Clinicians
Dysuria is a common presenting complaint of women and urinalysis is a valuable tool in the initial evaluation of this presentation. Clinicians need to be aware that pyuria is the best determinate of bacteriuria requiring therapy and that values significant for infection differ depending on the method of analysis. A hemocytometer yields a value of > or = 10 WBC/mm3 significant for bacteriuria, w...
متن کاملEvaluation of urinalysis parameters to predict urinary-tract infection.
We evaluated the performance of automated-flow cytometry, urinalysis dipsticks and microscopic urine sediment analysis as predictors of urinary tract infection. Urine cultures were used as a reference method for comparison. Six-hundred-seventy-five urine samples from hospitalized and not hospitalized patients attended at Hospital Mãe de Deus, Porto Alegre, in south Brazil, were included in the ...
متن کاملLaboratory Evaluation of Urinalysis Parameters to Predict Urinary Tract Infection
We evaluated the performance of urinalysis dipsticks and microscopic urine sediment analysis as predictors of urinary tract infection (UTI) in patient visiting hospital. The samples were processed for macroscopic examination to observe Leukocyte esterase (LE) and Nitrite (NIT) by dipstick method, microscopic examination to observe pus cells, culture of urine sample on Blood agar and MacConkey a...
متن کاملDiagnosis Of Urinary Tract Infection Using Standard Urinalysis Or Hemocytometer Leukocyte Count
Background and Objective: This study was undertaken to assess the ability of standard urinalysis (UA) and hemocytometer white blood cell (WBC) counts for the diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) in patients with urinary symptoms. Materials and Methods: A total of 600 patients with symptoms of urina...
متن کاملUrinary tract infection treatment and evaluation: update.
In the 5 years since the last Concise Reviews... review of urinary tract infections (UTIs) and the publication of the American Academy of Pediatrics practice parameter and technical report on the diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of the initial UTI in febrile infants and young children, new studies regarding treatment and radiographic evaluation have been published. This is a brief update.
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1064-7449,1098-0997
DOI: 10.1155/s1064744901000412