title: A simple quantitative and qualitative microbiological screening test for bacteriuria.
abstract: A simple, accurate screening test for significant bacteriuria is described. It entails brief contact of a freshly voided specimen of urine with the surface of a solid culture medium lining the wall of a transparent disposable plastic container, incubating it at 37 degrees C for 24 hours, and counting colonies developing on a proscribed surface area. The method obviates errors due to contaminants, affords a limited species differentiation of the causative organisms, and provides a ready means of obtaining a direct sensitivity test on the responsible bacteria.
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003470:Culture Media; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D009596:Nitrophenols / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D009596:Nitrophenols