UTI: a new approach to its diagnosis.
The incidence of urinary tract infection in our community is studied taking into consideration the indiscriminate and inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents and describing a simple method which could be adopted to evaluate samples of urine for the presence of antimicrobial agents. It reveals that 42.9% individuals were actually on antimicrobial agents and had sufficient levels in their urine to inhibit growth of the most common causative agent of urinary tract infection.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D010154:Pakistan; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D012008:Recurrence; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents