Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship

Mixed flora in urine cultures usually occur due to preanalytic contamination. In our outpatient urology clinic, we detected a high prevalence of mixed flora (46.2%), which was associated with female sex and older age. Patient education did not influence the rate of mixed flora. Future efforts should...

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Autores principales: Whelan, Patrick S., Nelson, Alicia, Kim, Christopher J., Tabib, Christian, Preminger, Glenn M., Turner, Nicholas A., Lipkin, Michael, Advani, Sonali D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2022
Materias:
Concise Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9016366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35445218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.260

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9016366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35445218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ash.2021.260

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