Method for detection of bacteriuria suitable for use in general practice.

Bradley, J. L.; Crowley, Nuala; Darrell, J. H.

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“…The standard loop method described by McGeachie and Kennedy (1963) and Urquhart and Gould (1965) is probably the most efficient semiquantitative method available. In screening, a large number of specimens is examined, and we found the method described by Bradley et al (1967) convenient since it was both quick and efficient. More recently a dip-slide method of bacterial culture has been described (Guttmann and Naylor, 1967;Arneil, McAllister, and Kay, 1970), but the commercially produced dip-slide kits were not available when this survey began.…”

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Covert bacteriuria of childhood: A clinical and epidemiological study

Savage¹,

Wilson²,

McHardy³

et al. 1973

Archives of Disease in Childhood

110

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. Covert bacteriuria of childhood: a clinical and epidemiological study. A 4-year screening programme for covert bacteriuria in Dundee primary schoolgirl entrants showed a prevalence of 1 6% and an annual incidence of 0°9%. Among 109 children with bacteriuria, 70% had symptoms of lower urinary tract infection, 35% had vesicoureteric reflux, and 23% radiological evidence of pyelonephritis. Both pyuria and a past history of urinary infection were related to radiological evidence of reflux or pyelonephritis.Covert bacteriuria was found more frequently in children from social classes IV and V; and their housing, home circumstances, and home care were worse than a control group, even when allowance was made for their social class differences. The children appeared generally healthy but were smaller than a control group.The data suggest that the great majority of these children are not seriously at risk and that there is at present not sufficient evidence to warrant prescriptive screening.

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“…On arrival at the laboratory the specimens of urine were placed in a refrigerator maintained at 6°C and examined within 1 hour. The urine was cultured by the swab method described by Bradley, Crowley, and Darrell (1967). A pure, or nearly pure, and confluent, or semiconfluent, growth was indicative of bacteriuria.…”

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Covert bacteriuria of childhood: A clinical and epidemiological study

Savage¹,

Wilson²,

McHardy³

et al. 1973

Archives of Disease in Childhood

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“…The urine was cultured by the method described by Bradley et al (1967). This is a quick and efficient semiquantitative screening method for bacteriuria.…”

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“…-Urine Culture in 432 Children to Determine the Level of Significant Bacteriuria under Field Conditions Examined by method described byBradley et al (1967) Examined by Standard Diagnostic Method for Colony Counts as described by Urquhart and Gould…”

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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Girl Entrants to Dundee Primary Schools

Savage¹,

Wilson²,

Ross³

et al. 1969

BMJ

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This talk about the need for complete self-offering by doctors is not mere sentimentality. I believe that it is hard reality and the very foundation of the life and work of a doctor. I believe that we must accept it as an absolute requirement-first, because nothing less is any good to our patients; and, second, because nothing else will give us either grace or the strength to go on. ConclusionIn short, I believe that all the present professional disillusionment and disenchantment, despite its complex causation, is largely capable of being dispersed by doctors themselves by their making a resolve to understand and stick to our traditional professional virtues. By so doing we may hope to be widely recognized as good sound doctors; and if we are so recognized we shall gain or regain public esteem, and many present difficulties will melt away. It seems to me that the three things that matter are: that we rejoice in being firmly bound one to another by our professional training and experiences ; that we cultivate the grace of good will and good humour, and even a sense of fun, and never lose hold of this under any trials; and that we devote our whole life and work to the service of our patients, keeping nothing back that we know how to offer.Patients' needs, however demanding, must always be compassionately received, because the only reason for our being doctors is that we have the will and the power to serve. There is no other way to happiness and fulfilment. But

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“…In hospital bacteriology, the situation is further complicated by the fact that many patients may be receiving antibacterial therapy, and the drugs may reach such high concentrations in the urine that bacterial growth on culture media is inhibited. Indeed certain authors (Wear, 1966;Bradley, Crowley, and Darrell, 1967) question the wisdom of too rigid an adherence to the criterion of 105 organisms per millilitre in the interpretation of urine cultures.…”

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Staining of urinary leucocytes as an aid to the diagnosis of inflammation in the urinary tract

Harris¹

1969

J Clin Pathol

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SYNOPSIS Five hundred specimens of urine have been examined for pyuria and bacteriuria, the leucocytes being stained by the Sternheimer-Malbin method. Most urines contained either less than 1 or more than 10 leucocytes per cmm; a few specimens contained 1 to 10 cells per cmm, whatever their viable bacterial count. The presence of leucocytes in urine was usually related to the bacterial count, pyuria being commonest in urines showing 'significant bacteriuria'. However, urinary tract instrumentation caused pyuria in the absence of infection. Leucocytes with nuclei staining blue by the Sternheimer-Malbin technique were considered to be indicative of active inflammation, but the incidence of such cells appeared to be a reflection of the total leucocyte count of the specimen rather than of its viable bacterial count. In the majority of cases the diagnosis of infection can be made on the basis of the bacterial count and the degree of pyuria. The staining technique appears to have a limited use, restricted to the interpretation of cases in which the results of culture and conventional leucocyte counts are ambiguous.In a clinical bacteriology department, pathologists are frequently confronted with the problem of assessing the significance of pyuria and bacteriuria. The definition by Kass (1956) of a level of 'significant bacteriuria' has done much to clarify the differentiation of infection from contamination, and some form of quantitative or semi-quantitative culture is now standard practice in most laboratories. Nevertheless, in a proportion of patients, the 'significant' level of 105 organisms per millilitre of urine will not be observed, despite the presence of active infection, since such factors as frequency of micturition or diuresis may prevent the multiplication of bacteria in the bladder which is necessary for attainment of the significant level (Roberts, Robinson, and Beard, 1967). In hospital bacteriology, the situation is further complicated by the fact that many patients may be receiving antibacterial therapy, and the drugs may reach such high concentrations in the urine that bacterial growth on culture media is inhibited. Indeed certain authors (Wear, 1966;Bradley, Crowley, and Darrell, 1967) question the wisdom of too rigid an adherence to the criterion of 105 organisms per millilitre in the interpretation of urine cultures.

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Method for detection of bacteriuria suitable for use in general practice.

Cited by 5 publications

References 10 publications

Covert bacteriuria of childhood: A clinical and epidemiological study

Covert bacteriuria of childhood: A clinical and epidemiological study

Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Girl Entrants to Dundee Primary Schools

Staining of urinary leucocytes as an aid to the diagnosis of inflammation in the urinary tract

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