A urinalysis (urine test) can detect leukocytes (white blood cells) in the urine. These cells can be counted with microscopic ...

A urine dipstick test is routinely done as part of a urinalysis to help diagnose urinary tract infections, kidney disease, diabetes and sepsis, the deadly bloodstream infection.

False positive test results for occult blood in the urine are relatively common (22%) with dipstick testing. To be a true false positive, a microscopy test must also be negative.

Dipstick tests, in which a narrow strip of plastic is dipped into a urine sample, are very common. Parts of the strip are covered with small squares that turn various colors based on features of ...

Urine dipstick demonstrates higher sensitivity and specificity than laboratory urinalysis for diagnosing urinary tract infection in febrile infants.

Scientists have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million people worldwide.

Dipstick urine tests for hematuria may be used to diagnose bladder cancer and IgA nephropathy, one of the leading causes of end-stage kidney disease.

Co-author Wouter van der Wijngaart says commercial test strips have a high detection limit, so clinically-relevant bacterial concentrations can go undetected. A patient urine sample could have ...

Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 ...

A handful of harm reduction programs in Massachusetts have started handing out test strips for xylazine, a drug that can produce gaping skin wounds and increase the risk of an overdose, or even death.

Researchers at Stanford University have designed a home urine test that uses a black box and a smartphone camera to help analyze a standard medical dipstick.