Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship
Mixed flora in urine cultures usually occur due to preanalytic contamination. In our outpatient urology clinic, we detected a high prevalence of mixed flora (46.2%), which was associated with female sex and older age. Patient education did not influence the rate of mixed flora. Future efforts should...
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| author | Patrick S. Whelan Alicia Nelson Christopher J. Kim Christian Tabib Glenn M. Preminger Nicholas A. Turner Michael Lipkin Sonali D. Advani |
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| description | Mixed flora in urine cultures usually occur due to preanalytic contamination. In our outpatient urology clinic, we detected a high prevalence of mixed flora (46.2%), which was associated with female sex and older age. Patient education did not influence the rate of mixed flora. Future efforts should target high-risk patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7194f7f1d24140e3919cb7e7ff7e9bcb2023-03-09T12:28:17ZengCambridge University PressAntimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology2732-494X2022-01-01210.1017/ash.2021.260Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardshipPatrick S. Whelan0Alicia Nelson1Christopher J. Kim2Christian Tabib3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5685-1846Glenn M. Preminger4Nicholas A. Turner5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0650-4894Michael Lipkin6Sonali D. Advani7https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5162-6482Division of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North CarolinaDivision of Infectious Disease, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North CarolinaDivision of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North CarolinaDivision of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North CarolinaDivision of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North CarolinaDivision of Infectious Disease, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North CarolinaDivision of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North CarolinaDivision of Infectious Disease, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina Duke Center for Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention, Durham, North CarolinaMixed flora in urine cultures usually occur due to preanalytic contamination. In our outpatient urology clinic, we detected a high prevalence of mixed flora (46.2%), which was associated with female sex and older age. Patient education did not influence the rate of mixed flora. Future efforts should target high-risk patients.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X21002606/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Patrick S. Whelan Alicia Nelson Christopher J. Kim Christian Tabib Glenn M. Preminger Nicholas A. Turner Michael Lipkin Sonali D. Advani Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology |
| title | Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship |
| title_full | Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship |
| title_fullStr | Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship |
| title_short | Investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics: A new avenue for diagnostic stewardship |
| title_sort | investigating risk factors for urine culture contamination in outpatient clinics a new avenue for diagnostic stewardship |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2732494X21002606/type/journal_article |
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