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The urine dipstick test useful to rule out infections. A meta-analysis of the accuracy

BACKGROUND: Many studies have evaluated the accuracy of dipstick tests as rapid detectors of bacteriuria and urinary tract infections (UTI). The lack of an adequate explanation for the heterogeneity of the dipstick accuracy stimulates an ongoing debate. The objective of the present meta-analysis was...

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Autores principales: Devillé, Walter LJM, Yzermans, Joris C, van Duijn, Nico P, Bezemer, P Dick, van der Windt, Daniëlle AWM, Bouter, Lex M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC434513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15175113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-4-4