Que papel desempenham os testes de nitritos no diagnóstico de infecção do tracto urinário (ITU)?

John L Brusch, MD, FACP Professor Assistente de Medicina, Harvard Medical School; Consulting Staff, Department of Medicine and Infectious Disease Service, Cambridge Health Alliance
John L Brusch, MD, FACP é um membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Mary F Bavaro, MD Fellowship Director, Division of Infectious Disease, Navy Medical Center, San Diego
Mary F Bavaro, MD é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

p>Burke A Cunha, MD Professor de Medicina, State University of New York School of Medicine at Stony Brook; Chefe, Divisão de Doenças Infecciosas, Winthrop-University Hospital
Burke A Cunha, MD é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.p>Jeffrey M Tessier, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Jeffrey M Tessier, MD é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: Colégio Americano de Médicos – Sociedade Americana de Medicina Interna
Divulgação: Nada a revelar.div> Editor Chefe p>Michael Stuart Bronze, MD David Ross Boyd Professor e Presidente, Departamento de Medicina, Stewart G Wolf Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine, Departamento de Medicina, Universidade de Oklahoma Health Science Center; Master of the American College of Physicians; Fellow, Infectious Diseases Society of America; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London
Michael Stuart Bronze, MD é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, Association of Professors of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Oklahoma State Medical Association, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
Disclosure: Nada a revelar.

xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comMichael S Beeson, MD, MBA, FACEP Professor de Medicina de Emergência, Faculdade de Medicina e Farmácia das Universidades de Northeastern Ohio; Faculdade de Medicina de Akron General Medical Center xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comMichael S Beeson, MD, MBA, FACEP é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Emergency Physicians, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors, National Association of EMS Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDisclosure: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comPamela L Dyne, Professora MD de Medicina Clínica/Medicina de Emergência, Universidade da Califórnia, Los Angeles, Escola de Medicina David Geffen; Médico Assistente, Departamento de Medicina de Emergência, Centro Médico Olive View-UCLA xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comPamela L Dyne, MD é um membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.com Divulgação: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDavid S Howes, Professor MD de Medicina e Pediatria, Chefe de Secção e Director do Programa de Residência de Medicina de Emergência, Divisão de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade de Chicago, The Pritzker School of Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDavid S Howes, MD é um membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, e Society for Academic Emergency Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDisclosure: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comElicia S Kennedy, MD Professor Assistente Clínico, Departamento de Medicina de Emergência, Universidade do Arkansas para Ciências Médicas xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comElicia S Kennedy, MD é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Emergency Physicians and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDisclosure: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comKlaus-Dieter Lessnau, MD, FCCP Professor Associado Clínico de Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Nova Iorque; Director Médico, Laboratório de Fisiologia Pulmonar; Director de Investigação em Medicina Pulmonar, Departamento de Medicina, Secção de Medicina Pulmonar, Hospital Lenox Hill xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comKlaus-Dieter Lessnau, MD, FCCP é um membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, American Medical Association, American Thoracic Society, and Society of Critical Care Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDisclosure: Sepracor None xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comAllison M Loynd, Médico Residente DO, Departamento de Medicina de Emergência, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Estadual de Wayne, Hospital Receptor de Detroit xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comAllison M Loynd, DO é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Emergency Physicians, American Medical Association, and Emergency Medicine Residents Association xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comVisclosure: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comMark Jeffrey Noble, MD Consulting Staff, Urologic Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comMark Jeffrey Noble, MD é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Urological Association, Kansas Medical Society, Sigma Xi, Society of University Urologists, e Southwest Oncology Group xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDiv>”>Divulgação: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comAdam J Rosh, MD Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comAdam J Rosh, MD é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comVisclosure: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comJoseph A Salomone III, Professor Associado MD e Pessoal Assistente, Centros Médicos Truman, Universidade de Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine; Director Médico do EMS, Kansas City, Missouri xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comJoseph A Salomone III, MD é um membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, National Association of EMS Physicians, and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDisclosure: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comRichard H Sinert, DO Professor Associado de Medicina de Emergência, Professor Assistente Clínico de Medicina, Director de Investigação, State University of New York College of Medicine; Pessoal Consultor, Departamento de Medicina de Emergência, Kings County Hospital Center xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comRichard H Sinert, DO é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American College of Physicians and Society for Academic Emergency Medicine xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDisclosure: Nada a revelar. xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comFrancisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD Professor Assistente Adjunto, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy; Editor-chefe, Medscape Drug Reference xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comDisclosure: Medscape Salary Employment xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comMark Zwanger, MD, Professor Assistente do MBA, Departamento de Medicina de Emergência, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comMark Zwanger, MD, MBA é membro das seguintes sociedades médicas: American Academy of Emergency Medicine, American College of Emergency Physicians, and American Medical Association xmlns:qnafn=”http://www.webmd.comVisclosure: Nada a revelar.