RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Evaluation of the Urotest AB antibacterial substance detection test.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1047
OP 1048
DO 10.1136/jcp.47.11.1047
VO 47
IS 11
A1 J M Blondeau
A1 Y Yaschuk
A1 D Galenzoski
A1 D Hrabok
A1 M Isaacson
A1 L Lee
A1 H Link
A1 L Walshaw
YR 1994
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/47/11/1047.abstract
AB The Urotest AB was used to detect antimicrobial substances in urine samples. Of 1022 urine specimens evaluated, Urotest AB detected inhibitors in 38.9%. Of 159 urine specimens from patients thought to be taking an antibiotic, inhibitors were detected in 80.5%. This test may help to explain culture negative urine samples from symptomatic patients, and could help elucidate treatment failures and the epidemiology of antibiotic resistance.