[Urinary tract infections in childhood: importance of immediate urine culture. Personal experience with 4176 tests].
Since infections of the urinary tract in children often present diagnostic difficulties, it is essential to be able to identify these patients with simple, reliable methods. After a clinical-laboratory study on 4176 urine cultures, the Authors affirm that the reliability of this test is much greater when the parents have been instructed in the correct way of collection the urine specimen, and when in the laboratory the "slide" is carried out within three hours of taking the sample.
D000293:Adolescent; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000652:urine*; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*
Le infezioni delle vie urinarie in età pediatrica: importanza dell'immediato esame colturale delle urine. Esperienza personale su 4176 esami.