Early diagnosis of urinary tract infections (UTIs) is essential to avoid inadequate or
unnecessary empirical antibiotic therapy. Microbiological confirmation takes 24 to 48 h. The …

Objectives There are a substantial number of unnecessary urine culture requests. We aimed
to investigate whether urine dipstick and microscopy results could accurately rule out urinary …

Objective To investigate whether the urine dipstick screening test can be used to predict
urine culture results. Methods A retrospective study conducted between January and …

Sažetak Introduction: Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common types of
infection. Currently, diagnosis is primarily based on microbiologic culture, which is time-and …

Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common diseases occurring in both
hospitalized and community subjects. Urine culture is the gold standard test for the …

Objectives To evaluate the importance of leukocyturia in detecting the transition from
asymptomatic bacteriuria to symptomatic infection in women with recurrent urinary tract …

We cultured 1000 urines and tested them with the iQ200 Workstation (Iris Diagnostics,
Chatsworth, CA, and Arkray, Edina, MN, USA) for leukocyte esterase and nitrite (LE/N), white …

Background Although a quantitative urine culture is essential for the final diagnosis of
urinary tract infection, it is time-consuming and an expensive procedure. Effective screening …

Objectives. The microscopic analysis of urine is essential for the diagnosis of patients with
urinary tract infections. Quantitative urine culture is the 'gold standard'method for definitive …

Background: Urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most common bacterial infections
and urine samples represent a large proportion of the specimens processed in clinical …