Background: Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a common infection in children. Prompt
diagnosis and appropriate treatment are very important to reduce the morbidity associated …

Background: Denmark has a low level of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Patients
hospitalized with suspected infection often present with unspecific symptoms. This …

Background The major obstacle in prescribing an appropriate and targeted antibiotic
treatment is insufficient knowledge concerning whether the patient has a bacterial infection …

Introduction. Urinary tract infections are common bacterial infections worldwide. Urine
culture is the gold standard method to identify and quantify the presence or absence of …

Background Since urine cultures are only guaranteed for patients with obvious urinary
symptoms in most cases, most of candiduria episodes are ignored in clinic. Objective This …

Urine culture is the gold standard for identifying microorganisms in urine. However, the
process is time-consuming and usually takes days to get the results, which impedes timely …

Purpose Culture-negative urine specimens can be rapidly screened by urine flow cytometry
(UFC), while low positive predictive value (PPV) limits the clinical application. We explored …

Background Current practice for urinalysis mainly entails different manual or semi-
automated procedures that generate substantial financial costs, as well as a high and time …

Objectives Specialized analyzers are used to automate the diagnosis of bacteriuria in
laboratory practice. They are based on analysis of microorganisms concentration in urine …

Harnwegsinfekte stellen einen der häufigsten Gründe für einen Arztbesuch dar. Besonders
oft sind Frauen betroffen, was zum einen an einer im Vergleich zum Mann kürzeren Urethra …