title: [Mycrob-1000: an alternative for the rapid determination of urine culture in the primary health level].
abstract: The use of equipment Mycrob-1000 in detecting urinary infections in 4 hours in a primary health care center is evaluated. Two hundred fifty eight urine samples obtained from spontaneous miction were processed; the reference method was counting of colony-forming units per urine millimeter inoculated in Petri plaque in CLED medium. The coincidence rate between both methods was 92,31, with sensitivity and specificity rates of 79,00% and 96,95% respectively. The level of sensitivity was affected by factors not directly dependent on the equipment. High values of specificity and of coincidence achieved by this equipment in relation to the reference method facilitates its use in urine culture, making possible to differentiate negative urine samples in 4 or 5 hours and to focus work and resources on positive samples.
authors.affiliation: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba. contreras@diramic.cneuro.edu.cu
authors.forename: Rolando Contreras
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.forename: Fernando Travieso
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Angela Zayas
authors.initials: AZ
authors.lastname: Tamayo
authors.forename: Gloria Roura
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Carmona
authors.forename: Estrella Alvarez
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Varela
authors.forename: Gilberto Tillán
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Ochoa
authors.forename: Nardo Ramírez
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Frómeta
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D013997:Time Factors; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*