Evaluation of the Alfred 60 / AST as a 1 Screening Test for Urinary Tract Infections 2 3

3 Sophie Lahanas, George Stathopoulos, Raymond C. Chan, and Sebastiaan 4 J. van Hal 5 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Prince Alfred 6 Hospital, Sydney, Australia 7 8 9 # Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Royal 10 Prince Alfred Hospital, 11 Missenden Road, Camperdown, N.S.W. 2050, Australia. Phone: 61 2 9515 12 7186. Fax: 61 2 9515 5235. E-mail: slahanas@optusnet.com.au. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Copyright © 2013, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved. J. Clin. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/JCM.01126-13 JCM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 24 July 2013