Chemotherapeutic and antibiotic drugs in the management of infections of the urinary tract

Urinary Concentrating Ability in Pregnant Women With Asymptomatic Bacteriuria*

“…In contrast, bacteria added to sterile urine as contamination in clean-voided specimens usually are considerably fewer in number. In general, this hypothesis has been verified (4)(5)(6)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20), and exceptions clearly outlined (21), but agreement has not been universal (22,23). The choice of the number of bacteria as a dividing line between bacteriuria and contamination is based on statistical probabilities.…”

Prevalence, Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria Isolated from the UTI Patients of Arba Minch Province, Southern Ethiopia

“…Afterwards, plates were inspected for bacterial growth. The samples that exhibiting significant bacterial growth according to Kass count (single species count of >10 5 organisms/mL) was considered as positive results for UTI [10]. Only samples with significant bacteriuria (≥10 5 cfu/ml) were taken up for bacteriological analysis.…”

Reliability of clean-voided mid-stream urine specimens for the diagnosis of significant bacteriuria in the female patient

“…The coupling of the clean-voided technique and quantitative bacteriology in the female patient avoids the potential hazard of catheterization.1, 2,4,7,14,16 It is generally assumed that distinction between true bacilluria and con- tamination can readily be made by this technique. However, very little information is available with regard to the incidence of sterile urine cultures in female subjects showing no evidence of urinary tract infection.…”