Reincubation of culture-negative urines for an additional 20 hours does not identify additional UTI cases.
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SUBMITTER: Kocer K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7440675 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
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Reincubation of culture-negative urines for an additional 20 hours does not identify additional UTI cases.
Kocer Kaan K Zimmermann Stefan S Burckhardt Irene I
Journal of medical microbiology 20200101 1
<b>Introduction.</b> The question of whether a single day of incubation is sufficient for urine cultures has been a matter of debate.<b>Aim.</b> The aim of this study was to investigate the potential benefit of prolonged incubation for initially culture-negative urines.<b>Methodology.</b> Eight hundred and twelve urine specimens with no growth after incubation for 20 h were incubated for an additional 20 h to detect slower growing uropathogenic organisms.<b>Results.</b> This study included a con ...[more]
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