Pyuria in hospitalized general medical patients without urinary tract infection

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Urine microscopy for detecting pus cells is a common investigation ordered in hospitalized general medical patients as part of routine care. A few previous studies have shown that sterile pyuria is not uncommon in this population. We studied the prevalence of pyuria among patients hospitalized with non-urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnosis in the medical wards. We excluded patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria...

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• Age Factors
• Anemia, Sickle Cell
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Likelihood Functions
• Logistic Models
• Odds Ratio
• Sex Factors
• Uric Acid

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Literature Corpus work

7267c33b-d5ed-5fc1-bd48-aa7f3ad22479

DOI

10.12688/f1000research.144853.2