Open AccessAntibiotic Screening of Urine Culture for Internal Quality Audit at Amrita Hospital, Kochi
Author(s) -
Aswathy Suresh,
Anusha Gopinathan,
K.K.J. Ranga Dinesh,
Anil Kumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/26089.10236
Subject(s) - urine , bacteriuria , antimicrobial , medicine , antibiotics , urinalysis , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Urine antimicrobial activity is a seldom analysed laboratory test which greatly impacts the quantification of urine specimens. Presence of antimicrobial activity in the urine reduces the bacterial load in these specimens. Hence, the chances of erroneously reporting insignificant bacteriuria can be reduced on analysis of the antimicrobial activity in urine.