title: [Reliability of the culture of a clean-voided specimen in geriatric patients].
abstract: The validity of clean-voided urine culture results was investigated in 100 consecutive admissions to the geriatric ward of a general hospital. Culture of clean-voided urine was compared with urethral catheter specimens as reference. Clean-voided and catheter specimens were obtained in 71 cases. The investigation included 67 cases. One clean-voided specimen was false positive. Two cultures were false negative. Three of the four patients with a urinary tract infection did not present with the typical symptoms, but with a general decline in physical and/or mental function. In this population a clean-voided urine culture is reliable enough to confirm the diagnosis of urinary tract infection.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis Rijnstate, afd. Geriatrie, Arnhem.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Verheggen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruyns
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001419:Bacteria / Q000254:growth & development*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods*; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*