title: Rapid method for detection of adherent bacteria on Foley urinary catheters.
abstract: An accurate, rapid, and inexpensive method was developed for detecting and enumerating bacteria adherent to Foley urinary catheters based on malachite green staining of acridine orange-prestained specimens. This method has proven to be quick and reliable and will find application in quantitative studies of biomaterial-related sepsis.
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014546:Urinary Catheterization