Open AccessComparison of chromogenic (HiCrome urinary tract infection Agar) medium with cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient Agar in a resource-limited setting
Author(s) -
Mohammed Khalid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of applied and basic medical research/international journal of applied and basic medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-9606
pISSN - 2229-516X
DOI - 10.4103/ijabmr.ijabmr_306_19
Subject(s) - agar , urine , urinary system , lactose , microbiology and biotechnology , chocolate agar , isolation (microbiology) , chromogenic , agar plate , bacteriuria , medicine , bacteria , biology , food science , chromatography , chemistry , genetics
Urinary tract infections (UTI) are one of the most frequent infections encountered in hospital settings as well as in community, making urine the most cultured specimens in laboratories across the world. Urine samples occupy most of the time and manpower in the form of resources in the microbiology laboratories. The microbiological performance of HiCrome UTI agar was compared with cysteine lactose electrolyte deficient (CLED) agar for isolation and presumptive identification of bacteria from urine culture with ease of reporting with less human resource and reduction in the cost.