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Screening for Bacteriuria with a Dip‐stick Test for Urinary Glucose
Author(s) -
MACKIN A. E.,
STRACHAN C. J. L.,
SLEIGH J. D.,
BURNS M. M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1974.tb10167.x
Subject(s) - bacteriuria , urine , urinary system , medicine , test (biology) , biology , paleontology
Summary Uriglox, a dip‐stick screening test for bacteriuria, and Uricult, a dip‐slide method of culture, were compared with semi‐quantitative culture by a standard technique. The dip‐stick test, carried out on 415 specimens of urine from out‐patients and 205 from in‐patients, gave negative results in over 40% of specimens shown to have bacteriuria on culture. The results of the 2 cultural methods were in close agreement.