Article
[Microbiological diagnosis of urinary tract infections].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Dec 2005
de Cueto Marina
Abstract excerpt
Definitive diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) is performed through quantitative urine culture. Traditionally the presence of 100,000 or more bacteria/ml in urine has been considered to represent significant bacteriuria, indicating UTI. However, this criterion is only applicable to certain population groups and cannot currently be considered an absolute criterion. The "real" presence of any number of...
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