On 07 Dec 96 04:19:52 EST, Frank Dobbs wrote:
>>FROM: Paul Galloway, INTERNET:[log in to unmask]
>>. Has anyone on GP-UK done any similar audit/research ?
>
>I wrote an article on UTI diagnosis in JRCGP in 1987:
>A simple scoring system for evaluating symptoms, history and urine dipstick
>testing in diagnosis of urinary tract infection. Journal of the Royal College of
>General Practitioners 1987 (37) 100-104. FF Dobbs, DM Fleming
>
>Table 1. B-scores for predicting bacteriuria in adult women
>
Is there any evidence on babies? Young children are surely the most
difficult category of ?UTI - the most difficult to get samples from
but the most important to diagnose. I confess I use Nephur test sticks
on wet nappies but I don't know if this is a valid thing to do?
Dr David Evans
Cardiff
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