Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Use of a leukocyte esterase strip test may be a reliable tool to diagnose persistence of infection during second ...

The ability of a urinary dipstick leukocyte esterase test (LET) to predict culture-verified asymptomatic urethral infections of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae was determined in 1095 ...

Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a severe complication of cirrhosis with ascites and is associated with an immediate and high risk of death. A quick and reliable method to detect SBP is ...

The use of leukocyte esterase reagent strips offers a rapid, cheap and simple alternative to manual counting of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) in ascitic fluid for the diagnosis of spontaneous ...

PHILADELPHIA – Rothman Institute at Jefferson joint researchers continue to seek better ways to diagnose and subsequently treat periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients following total joint ...

A combination of a positive leukocyte esterase result and a negative nitrite result on urinalysis was associated with a sevenfold higher likelihood of Enterococcus-associated urinary tract infection ...

We conducted a retrospective cohort study of consecutive febrile (temperature in triage ≥ 38°C) infants aged 0 days to 89 days seen in the emergency department at Children's Hospital Boston from ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . UTIs account for 1.1 million pediatric office visits annually and are a significant clinical syndrome in ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently saw my doctor for some fatigue and lightheadedness, and my doctor ordered some tests. I'm concerned that the urine test showed trace positive for ketones, leukocyte esterase ...