The era of home urine cultures.
The parents of 289 children performed bacteriuria screening with a self-administered dip-strip culture, which was inoculated, incubated and interpreted in the home. Simultaneous pour-plate quantitative cultures and laboratory tested dip-strip cultures were done on the same urine specimen that had been tested at home. The dip-strip culture was reliable (89 percent) in detecting significant bacteriuria with home administration and interpretation. Only 1.6 percent falsely positive results occurred in the home testing. The dip-strip home cultures are an effective way to screen or followup patients with bacteriuria.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D003470:Culture Media; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*
D003470:Culture Media; D007202:Indicators and Reagents