TY - JOUR AU - Devillé, Walter LJM AU - Yzermans, Joris C. AU - van Duijn, Nico P. AU - Bezemer, P. Dick AU - van der Windt, Daniëlle AWM AU - Bouter, Lex M. PY - 2004 DA - 2004/06/02 TI - The urine dipstick test useful to rule out infections. A meta-analysis of the accuracy JO - BMC Urology SP - 4 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Many studies have evaluated the accuracy of dipstick tests as rapid detectors of bacteriuria and urinary tract infections (UTI). The lack of an adequate explanation for the heterogeneity of the dipstick accuracy stimulates an ongoing debate. The objective of the present meta-analysis was to summarise the available evidence on the diagnostic accuracy of the urine dipstick test, taking into account various pre-defined potential sources of heterogeneity. SN - 1471-2490 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2490-4-4 DO - 10.1186/1471-2490-4-4 ID - Devillé2004 ER -