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Aim: Although, urine culture requests to diagnose urinary tract infection (UTI) are very common, about 70-80% of urine samples received in the laboratory are found to be negative. This means increased laboratory workload and cost. Urinary leukocyte esterase and nitrite are...
Objective: Urine culture test (UCT), which is the gold-standard for urinary tract infections (UTI), requires higher cost, labour and time than complete urinalysis (CU). Therefore, it is important to assess prediction performance of CU's for UCT. The aim of our study is to...
Purpose: Urinary tracts infections (UTI) are the most common cause of bacterial and hospital based infections. The gold standard in the diagnosis of UTI is urine culture. Patients with suspected UTI are usually requested for urinalysis simultaneously with urine culture. In...
Objective: Nicotine is an important component of cigarette smoke. Nicotine administration may result in oxidative stress by inducing the generation of reactive oxygen species in the periphery and central nervous system. Numerous epidemiological studies have demonstrated an...
Aim: To evaluate urine integrity tests performed before illegal and abused substance analysis and to reveal their limitations.
Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was conducted between January 1, 2023 and June 15, 2023, in the AMATEM...
Objectives: Urine specimen determinations sometimes may not be done immediately and may be studied by using urine strips which are ke pt in open air during routine work due to the conditions of study. In this study, the performance characteristics of urine strips and the...
Objective: The aim of our study was to determine serum ADMA, NO and arginine levels in patients with COPD.
Material and Methods: Seventy five COPD subjects participated in this study. To be selected patients had to have no other diseases. The control...
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