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Public Library of Science, PLoS ONE, 2(12), p. e0171113
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171113
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Comparison of microbiological diagnosis of urinary tract infection in young children by routine health service laboratories and a research laboratory: diagnostic cohort study
Journal article published in 2017 by
Kate Birnie,
Alastair D. Hay,
Mandy Wootton 
,
Mandy Wootten,
Robin Howe,
Alasdair MacGowan ,
Penny Whiting,
Michael Lawton ,
Brendan Delaney,
Harriet Downing,
Jan Dudley,
William Hollingworth,
Catherine Lisles,
Paul Little,
Kathryn O'Brien
and other authors.
,
Mandy Wootten,
Robin Howe,
Alasdair MacGowan ,
Penny Whiting,
Michael Lawton ,
Brendan Delaney,
Harriet Downing,
Jan Dudley,
William Hollingworth,
Catherine Lisles,
Paul Little,
Kathryn O'Brien
and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract
Objectives: To compare the validity of diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) through urine culture between samples processed in routine health service laboratories and those processed in a research laboratory. Population and Methods: We conducted a prospective diagnostic cohort study in 4808 acutely ill children aged