Open AccessAntibiotic screening of urine culture as a useful quality audit
Author(s) -
Godwin Wilson,
Shaherudeen Badarudeen,
Angela Godwin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.923
Subject(s) - urine , antibiotics , urinary system , medicine , audit , etiology , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , accounting , business
The diagnosis of urinary tract infections includes microbiologic culture of urine to determine the etiology of the infection. However, interpretation of the results can be confounded by various factors including the accuracy of a patient's history of current antibiotic usage.
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