Abstract:SUMMARY Suprapubic aspirates (SPAs) of the urinary bladder obtained from 793 infants and children with suspected urinary tract infection were grown on dipslides inoculated at the bedside as well as being cultured aerobically and anaerobically. In general, the findings on dipslides were in good agreement with those in the other culture media. The majority of the 403 dipslide-positive samples contained 105 or more bacteria/ml; only in 2 % was bacterial density less than 0I/ml. There were five specimens with no g… Show more
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