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Diagnóstico de laboratorio de infección del tracto urinario en mujeres ambulatorias

JAMA
|December 20, 1985
PubMed
Resumen

La detección de infecciones del tracto urinario (ITU) en las mujeres es crucial. La piruria, la presencia de glóbulos blancos en la orina, es el método más preciso y eficiente para identificar infecciones urinarias en los laboratorios de microbiología general.

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