Pad urine collection for early childhood urinary-tract infection

被引：16

作者：

Macfarlane, PI ^{[1
]}

Houghton, C

Hughes, C

机构：

[1] Rotherham Gen Hosp, Dept Child Hlth, Rotherham S60 2UD, S Yorkshire, England

[2] Rotherham Gen Hosp, Dept Microbiol, Rotherham S60 2UD, S Yorkshire, England

来源：

LANCET | 1999年 / 354卷 / 9178期

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D O I：

10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02270-9

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 [临床医学]; 100201 [内科学];

摘要：

Urine collected into absorbent pads is commonly contaminated, making this method unreliable for ruling out urinary-tract infection in young children. Bag samples are equally unhelpful, whereas clean-catch samples are least likely to need repeating.

引用

页码：571 / 571

页数：1