Open AccessContamination of urine collected for cytobacteriological examination: situation in a university hospital in Morocco
Author(s) -
Adil Maleb,
Safaa Rifai,
Nawal Rahmani,
M. Bensalah,
Somiya Lamrabat,
Elmostafa Benaissa,
Yassine Ben Lahlou,
Mohammed Frikh,
Mostafa Elouennass
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annales de biologie clinique
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.167
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1950-6112
pISSN - 0003-3898
DOI - 10.1684/abc.2020.1538
Subject(s) - urine , urine sample , contamination , medicine , biology , ecology
The pre-analytical step of the cytobacteriological examination of urine (CBEU) is one of the most critical in microbiology. The objectives of our study were to determine the rate of urinary contamination and to analyze the factors that would facilitate this in order to propose solutions to this problem.