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Validity of bag urine culture for predicting urinary tract infections in febrile infants: a paired comparison of urine collection methods

PURPOSE: Catheter urine (CATH-U) and suprapubic aspiration (SPA) are reliable urine collection methods for confirming urinary tract infections (UTI) in infants. However, noninvasive and easily accessible collecting bag urine (CBU) is widely used, despite its high contamination rate. This study inves...

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Autores principales: Kim, Geun-A, Koo, Ja-Wook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Pediatric Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4481039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26124849
http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2015.58.5.183