Validation and impact of the use of automated urine culture streak system in a diagnostic laboratory on surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at a tertiary care setting

Validation and impact of the use of automated urine culture streak system in a diagnostic laboratory on surveillance of catheter-associated urinary tract infections at a tertiary care setting

Background: Quantitative urine culture reporting on plates inoculated by automated streaking system (PREVI® Isola) demonstrates maximum growth only equivalent up to 104 colony-forming unit (CFU)\ml, according to the manufacturer's recommendation. Therefore, there is a probability of erroneous c...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Zeeshan, Joveria Farooqi, Saeeda Chandio, Zohra Rafiq, Rozina Roshan, Seema Irfan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Biomedical and Biotechnology Research Journal
Subjects:
Automated streaking system
catheter-associated urinary tract infection
CAUTI surveillance
Online Access:http://www.bmbtrj.org/article.asp?issn=2588-9834;year=2019;volume=3;issue=3;spage=202;epage=205;aulast=Zeeshan

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