Canis ISSN: 2398-2942
Urinalysis: bacteriology
Synonym(s): Microbiology
Contributor(s): Kathleen P Freeman
Overview
- The presence of bacteria is always abnormal.
- Detection of bacteria in a voided urine sample gives no indication of location of infection and may be due to contamination of sample.
- Cystocentesis is the preferred method of urine collection for bacterial analysis.
- Bacterial culture gives accurate identification of organism and provides ability to perform antibiotic sensitivity testing.
Sampling
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Tests
Methodologies
Availability
- Widely available.
- Standard.
Result Data
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed papers
- Recent references from VetMedResource and PubMed.
- Ling G V, Norris C R, Franti C E, Eisele P H, Johnson D L, Ruby A L & Jang S S (2001) Interrelations of Organism Prevalence, Specimen Collection Method, and Host Age, Sex and Breed among 8,354 Canine Urinary Tract Infections (1969-1995). JVIM 15(4), 341-347.