UTI: a new approach to its diagnosis
Hafiz, S.; Lyall, N.
Jpma. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 39(5): 126-129
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-9982 PMID: 2504947 Document Number: 329427
The incidence of urinary tract infection in our community is studied taking into consideration the indiscriminate and inappropriate use of antimicrobial agents and describing a simple method which could be adopted to evaluate samples of urine for the presence of antimicrobial agents. It reveals that 42.9% individuals were actually on antimicrobial agents and had sufficient levels in their urine to inhibit growth of the most common causative agent of urinary tract infection.