Evaluation of the MS-2 urine screening method for detection of bacteriuria | Zendy

Laurence R. McCarthy | Zendy; T L Gavan | Zendy; James Robson | Zendy; C Corlett | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Evaluation of the MS-2 urine screening method for detection of bacteriuria

Author(s) -

Laurence R. McCarthy,

T L Gavan,

James Robson,

C Corlett

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.16.2.250-252.1982

Subject(s) - urine , bacteriuria , colony forming unit , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , chromatography , medicine , bacteria , chemistry , genetics

A collaborative evaluation of the MS-2 urine screening system indicated that the automated method could successfully identify at least 84% of urine specimens that contained greater than or equal to 10(5) colony-forming units per ml. Most specimens not detected as positive by the system contained primarily diphtheroids and yeasts. Excluding those specimens which contained diphtheroids and yeasts, the MS-2 system correctly identified as positive 94.8% of specimens that contained greater than or equal to 10(5) colony-forming units per ml and as negative 96.1% of specimens that contained less than 10(4) colony-forming units per ml. The automated system is an attractive method for the screening of urine specimens for significant bacteriuria.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research