Diagnosis of Coliform Infection in Acutely Dysuric Women

Patricia Carroll; Mark Linzer; Paul Marantz; John Samuels; Richard A. Gleckman; Harvey L. Williams; Walter E. Stamm; George W. Counts; Stephen S. Fihn; Marvin Turck; King K. Holmes

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Diagnosis of Coliform Infection in Acutely Dysuric Women

Patricia Carroll, Mark Linzer, Paul Marantz, John Samuels, Richard A. Gleckman, Harvey L. Williams, Walter E. Stamm, George W. Counts, Stephen S. Fihn, Marvin Turck, King K. Holmes

Epidemiology & Population Health

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To the Editor: We fail to understand the calculation of sensitivity with respect to pyuria that Stamm et al. used (Aug. 19 issue).* They state that all 98 women with coliforms in bladder urine had pyuria, yet in their Table 1 the calculated sensitivity does not reflect this statement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	463
Number of pages	1
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	308
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM198302243080823
State	Published - Feb 24 1983

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Diagnosis of Coliform Infection in Acutely Dysuric Women

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