Urine biomarkers individually and as a consensus model show high sensitivity and specificity for detecting UTIs

Background Current diagnoses of urinary tract infection (UTI) by standard urine culture (SUC) has significant limitations in sensitivity, especially for fastidious organisms, and the ability to identify organisms in polymicrobial infections. The significant rate of both SUC “negative” or “mixed flor...

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Published in:	BMC infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 153 - 11
Main Authors:	Akhlaghpour, Marzieh, Haley, Emery, Parnell, Laura, Luke, Natalie, Mathur, Mohit, Festa, Richard A., Percaccio, Michael, Magallon, Jesus, Remedios-Chan, Mariana, Rosas, Alain, Wang, Jimin, Jiang, Yan, Anderson, Lori, Baunoch, David
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 31.01.2024 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Antibiotics Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Biological markers Biomarkers Care and treatment Density Diagnosis Diagnostic testing E coli Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Flora Gelatinase Health aspects Identification and classification IL-1β Infectious Diseases Interleukin 1β (IL-1β) Interleukin 8 Interleukin 8 (IL-8) Internal Medicine Leukocytes (neutrophilic) Likelihood ratio Lipocalin Medical Microbiology Medical research Medicine Medicine & Public Health Medicine, Experimental Microorganisms Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) Neutrophils Parasitology Pathogens Polymerase chain reaction Questionnaires Sensitivity Tropical Medicine Urinary biomarkers Urinary tract Urinary tract infection (UTI) Urinary tract infections Urine Urogenital system Urology United States Diagnostic testing Interleukin 8 (IL-8) Urinary biomarkers Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) Urinary tract infection (UTI) Interleukin 1β (IL-1β)
ISSN:	1471-2334, 1471-2334
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