Accuracy of dip-slide for processing urine specimens obtained by catheter, cystoscopy, and percutaneous bladder aspiration

areas of old infarction. This figure is in close agreement with that of Johansson (1966), who, on clinical criteria, suspected that only 24 out of 142 cases (17%) of chronic heart block were ischaemic in origin. He offered no pathological explanation for 64 out of 142 cases (45%) which were classified as "' primary " heart block. In the present post-mortem series 21 out of 53 cases (40%) were due to bundle branch fibrosis. The pathological basis of primary heart block is therefore bilateral bundle-branch fibrosis; the cause remains unknown, but it is certainly not due to coronary artery disease.

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Dip-slide: an aid to quantitative urine culture in general practice.

ONE of the major impediments to widespread screening for the presence of bacteriuria is the absence of a simple and inexpensive method that is also reliable. Chemical tests presently available, as well as cultural methods of proved validity, have failed to meet these demands, and have not been as widely accepted as might be desired.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Recently, Guttmann and Naylor10 described a simple method for cultivation of bacteria from the urine, using an ordinary glass microscopical slide that had been coated with appropriate culture medium. The simplicity of this method and its comparability to standard colony-counting technics were of sufficient appeal . . .

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A simple method for quantitative urine culture.

The use of a dip-slide (Uricult) procedure for the culture of voided urine specimens in a large general hospital was found to give equivalent results to those obtained by conventional culture technics. There was a significant decrease in the number of unsatisfactory speciments that needed to be repeated. The dip-slide procedure was readily accepted by physicians, nurses and laboratory personnel, and significant savings for the institution were realized.

Detection of bacteriuria by dip-slide. Routine use in a large general hospital.

A comparative study of the Uricult dip-slide procedure with conventional quantitative cultural techniques has demonstrated that the dip-slide method is a reliable system for the enumeration of bacteria in urine. The device eliminated or minimized many of the problems associated with the transport of urine specimens to the laboratory, and its use will result in cost savings to most institutions. The dip-slide is simple to use and offers an acceptable and reliable alternative to the quantitative culture of midstream urine specimens.

Accuracy of dip-slide for processing urine specimens obtained by catheter, cystoscopy, and percutaneous bladder aspiration

References

Dip-slide: an aid to quantitative urine culture in general practice.

A simple method for quantitative urine culture.

Detection of bacteriuria by dip-slide. Routine use in a large general hospital.

Evaluation of a Dip-Slide Device for Enumeration 246 of Bacteria in Urine

A New Method for Outpatient Culture and Sensitivity of Urine