Research article
The urine dipstick test useful to rule out infections. A meta-analysis of the accuracy
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* Corresponding author: Walter LJM Devillé w.deville@nivel.nl
1 Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2 Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, The Netherlands
3 Department of Family Medicine, Public Health Division, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
4 Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5 Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
BMC Urology 2004, 4:4 doi:10.1186/1471-2490-4-4
Published: 2 June 2004Additional files
Table 5:
PubMed search strategy for literature concerning the diagnosis of bacteriuria or urinary tract infections by measuring nitrites and/or leukocyte esterase with a dipstick, 1990 – 1999
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Studies (n = 72)* included in the meta-analysis of the urine dipstick for diagnosing bacteriuria or urinary tract infections by measuring nitrites and/or leukocyte esterase.
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