Abstract:Objectives: Urine dipstick is the first step laboratory test to diagnose a urinary tract infection (UTI) which is a common infectious disease diagnosed in the laboratories. Early treatment of UTI is very important in order to prevent long-term complications. The gold standard to diagnose UTI is urine culture so there are a number of unnecessary urine culture requests. However, urine culture results are not available earlier than 24-36 hours. Besides, urine culture is expensive and causes time-consuming of trea… Show more
“…Urinary dipsticks testing for nitrites and leukocyte esterase can be used, mainly to exclude the presence of infection. 251 Urine culture remains the gold standard to confirm the presence of infection and for pathogen identification. This process usually takes 24 to 48 h. 252 Subsequently, a second culture step may be necessary to determine the antibiotic resistance profile.…”
This review explores emerging microfluidic-based technologies incorporating innovative assay strategies for infectious disease diagnostics. Our classification scheme is based on the human body systems or pathogen transmission modes.
“…Urinary dipsticks testing for nitrites and leukocyte esterase can be used, mainly to exclude the presence of infection. 251 Urine culture remains the gold standard to confirm the presence of infection and for pathogen identification. This process usually takes 24 to 48 h. 252 Subsequently, a second culture step may be necessary to determine the antibiotic resistance profile.…”
This review explores emerging microfluidic-based technologies incorporating innovative assay strategies for infectious disease diagnostics. Our classification scheme is based on the human body systems or pathogen transmission modes.
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