Pad urine collection for early childhood urinary-tract infection.
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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Houghton
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Hughes
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000652:urine