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. 1999 Aug 14;354(9178):571.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)02270-9.

Pad urine collection for early childhood urinary-tract infection

P I Macfarlane, C Houghton, C Hughes

Pad urine collection for early childhood urinary-tract infection

P I Macfarlane et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Urine collected into absorbent pads is commonly contaminated, making this method unreliable for ruling out urinary-tract infection in young children. Bag samples are equally unhelpful, whereas clean-catch samples are least likely to need repeating.

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