Detection of Bacteriuria

A controlled trial of the use of dip slides in general practice for the diagnosis of urinary infection

“…In recent years this difficulty has been partly overcome by the development of dip-inoculation devices (Mackey and Sandys, 1965;Guttmann and Naylor, 1967), but even when these are used and sent to the laboratory for incubation, which is essential (Maskell and Polak, 1970;Mann and Sandys, 1970), there is likely to be a delay of some two to four days before a written report is received. Treatment cannot be withheld for that length of time, and the bacteriological report is usually only of retrospective interest.…”