TY - JOUR T1 - [Reliability of the culture of a clean-voided specimen in geriatric patients]. AU - Verheggen,A W, AU - Bruyns,E, PY - 1991/3/2/pubmed PY - 1991/3/2/medline PY - 1991/3/2/entrez SP - 371 EP - 4 JF - Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde JO - Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd VL - 135 IS - 9 N2 - The validity of clean-voided urine culture results was investigated in 100 consecutive admissions to the geriatric ward of a general hospital. Culture of clean-voided urine was compared with urethral catheter specimens as reference. Clean-voided and catheter specimens were obtained in 71 cases. The investigation included 67 cases. One clean-voided specimen was false positive. Two cultures were false negative. Three of the four patients with a urinary tract infection did not present with the typical symptoms, but with a general decline in physical and/or mental function. In this population a clean-voided urine culture is reliable enough to confirm the diagnosis of urinary tract infection. SN - 0028-2162 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/2014057/[Reliability_of_the_culture_of_a_clean_voided_specimen_in_geriatric_patients]_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -