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What Is Bacteriuria? When Is It Significant?
What Is Bacteriuria? When Is It Significant?
Bacteriuria is the presence of bacteria present in the urine. This bacteria is not a
normally sterile; yet, bacteria may enter the urine stream from different types of
a concentration greater than 100,000 colony forming units per millilitre of urine
The bladder can pick up dangerous normal bacteria and pathogens as they exit
through the urethra. Bacteria in the urine, especially gram-negative rods, usually
bacteriuria can also occur in prostatitis. Escherichia coli is the most common
urine sample that may otherwise interfere with the collection for testing.
4. List five bacteria that can cause urinary tract infection.
a. Escheria coli
b. Staphylococcus saprophyticus
c. Chlamydia
d. Mycoplasma
e. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
f. Klebsiella pneumoniae
urine, how many organisms per milliliter of specimen would you report? Is
culture? Why?
Yes, because generally urine itself is basically sterile when it is in the bladder but
when it passes through the tract to outside it picks up bacteria on the way. If
Generally there are some white blood cells in a normal urine sample but those
are usually only 4-6 cells. Once the count goes up, it determines a bacterial
infection. The sample with a positive culture is tested in the laboratory with all
the drugs currently available for sensitivity. The bacterial colony is cultured in
the laboratory and the drug that specifically responds by killing the colony is
marked "sensitive" and the drugs that give no response to the colony are said to
be "resistant". The doctor checks the sensitivity of the culture and subsequently
7. If you took a urine specimen for culture to the laboratory but found it
The patient could keep the specimen refrigerated until the laboratory reopens at
the next available time. The patient can store urine samples at 4°C with or
method, the patient could use a containment system as detailed din the next
2.Thoroughly wash between your legs with a washcloth and soapy water. Rinse well
with the washcloth moistened with clean water. Dry gently with a towel.
3.Gently separate the folds over the urinary opening. Repeat the washing process
5. Get the urine collection container. (Do not touch the inside of the container or the
lid.)
6. Start urinating into the toilet. Then hold the container under the stream of urine
and collect at least 1 ounce of urine (30 mL) (See the lines marked on the side of the
container.) Remove the cup from the stream of urine and thenchild finish urinating
7. Put the cap on the container. Be sure the cap is tightly closed to prevent leaks.
Wash the outside of the container. Remove the rubber gloves and wash your hands
well.
For a male patient:
a. Wipe head of penis in a single motion with first towelette. Repeat with second
e. Replace cap tightly on cup, making sure not to touch inside of rim of cup.
A visual inspection of the urine will tell you if the urine is cloudy or clear. A
cloudy specimen may indicate an infection or other substances in the urine. The
color of the urine gives a simple indication of the concentration of the solutes
present. The urine color should be recorded. Abnormal colors are often due to
medications, foods, or dyes, although blood may make the urine red, and
brownish urine may be due to bile pigments. Gross blood may also be seen. The
advanced liver disease may have a pungent aromatic smell (Young, 2000).
10. Describe a urine transport system that allows the specimen to remain
Corp./Lymphokine Partners Ltd., Dallas, Tex.) was evaluated for its efficacy in
therapeutic antimicrobial agents in urine samples when the urine samples were
urine?
Leukocyte esterase (LE) is a urine test to look for white blood cells and other