Measurement of urinary leukocyte esteras
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Bart Chernow; Gary P Zaloga; Sharon Soldano; Anthony Quinn; Patrick Lyons; Ellen
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Article
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1984
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We evaluated the efficacy of testing for the presence of esterase (an enzyme released only from leukocytes) in the urine as an indicator of the presence of pyuria. We hypothesized that a "dipstick" test for urinary leukocyte esterase activity would be a rapid and simple screening technique for detec