ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023
The Essential Role of PCR and PCR Panel Size in Comparison with Urine Culture in Identification of Polymicrobial and Fastidious Organisms in Patients with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections.
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- Revisiting Strategies for Bacterial Enumeration: The Case for Viable but Nonculturable (VBNC) Cells in Supplement Products.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Comparative Evaluation of Multiplex Real-Time PCR, Standard Urine Culture, and Rapid Nephelometric Screening in Patients with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Ultra-deep metagenomic sequencing enables reconstruction of diverse, high quality microbial genomes from human urine samples.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Comparative study between female patients with functional dyspepsia accompanied by abnormal urinalysis and those with urinary tract infections: a retrospective case-control study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Semi-Quantitative ΔCt Thresholds for Bacteriuria and Pre-Analytic Drivers of PCR-Culture Discordance in Complicated UTI: An Analysis of NCT06996301.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Genotype-Phenotype Concordance and Ct-Informed Predictive Rules for Antimicrobial Resistance in Adult Patients with Complicated Urinary Tract Infections: Clinical and Stewardship Implications from the NCT06996301 Trial.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From Preliminary Urinalysis to Decision Support: Machine Learning for UTI Prediction in Real-World Laboratory Data.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Article
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- The Impact of Polymerase Chain Reaction Urine Testing on Clinical Decision-Making in the Management of Complex Urinary Tract Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Comparison of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Urine Culture in the Evaluation of Patients with Complex Urinary Tract Infections.Biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Complicated urinary tract infections (cUTIs) are difficult to treat, consume substantial resources, and cause increased patient morbidity. Data suggest that cUTI may be caused by polymicrobial and fastidious organisms (PMOs and FOs, respectively); as such, urine culture (UC) may be an unreliable diagnostic tool for detecting cUTIs. We sought to determine the utility of PCR testing for patients presumed to have a cUTI and determine the impact of PCR panel size on organism detection. We reviewed 36,586 specimens from patients with presumptive cUTIs who received both UC and PCR testing. Overall positivity rate for PCR and UC was 52.3% and 33.9%, respectively (
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