Conclusions Changing to two-step urine culture ordering in the ED resulted in a decrease in UCs processed, callbacks for positive results and antimicrobial use without evidence of untreated UTIs. This ...

Interventions On enrolment, we obtained urine and nebulised sputum specimens, offered HIV testing and started participants on anti-TB therapy for ≥6 months. We collected urine samples after the ...

Methods For this diagnostic accuracy study, we assessed biobanked urine samples obtained from the FIND Specimen Bank and the University of Cape Town Biobank, which had been collected from hospital ...

RESULTS A total of 600 patients were retrospectively identified who had a spot urine sample within 4 months of a 4-hour urine evaluation; the median time period between spot pH evaluation and 24-hour ...

One pediatric patient's urine specimen taken after ibuprofen ingestion yielded a false-positive result for phencyclidine using the Instant-View multitest.

Acidic urine, elevated USG, and phenazopyridine and levodopa ingestion can give false-positive results. [20] False-negative results can occur if there is a delay in examination of the urine specimen.