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Title
The relationship between pyuria and infection in patients with indwelling urinary catheters: a prospective study of 761 patients.
Authors
Tambyah, P A; Maki, D G
Abstract
Pyuria is universally considered as essential for identifying urinary tract infections in noncatheterized patients. The utility of pyuria in the catheterized patient, to identify catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI), has not been adequately defined.
Publication
Archives of internal medicine, 2000, Vol 160, Issue 5, p673