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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1997-4-14
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| pubmed:abstractText |
It has been suggested that the finding of leukocyturia > 10 WBC/HPF in asymptomatic dialysis patients predicts a positive urine culture and hence indicates urinary tract infection. Seventeen asymptomatic ESRD patients contributed clean catch specimens. Nine patients had ten or more WBC/HPF. One of these grew a possible pathogen in pure culture (23% of specimens excluding those growing multiple organisms). Thus, leukocyturia is not a good marker for positive urine culture and moreover is not demonstrated to indicate infection even when positive cultures follow.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jan
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| pubmed:issn |
0301-0430
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
47
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
50-1
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Gram-Positive Bacteria,
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Kidney Failure, Chronic,
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Pyuria,
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Renal Dialysis,
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:9021242-Urine
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| pubmed:year |
1997
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Does pyuria indicate infection in asymptomatic dialysis patients?
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| pubmed:affiliation |
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Medicine, New Brunswick 08903, USA.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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