Question 208 · LEK · Urinary tract infections

A urine bacterial culture in a neonate should be performed using the urine collected:

1) to sterile container by the „mid-stream” method;
2) through the catheter placed in the urinary bladder;
3) with suprapubic aspiration;
4) with a sterile pouch attached to the skin of the perineum.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. all the above.
  2. B. 1,2,3.
  3. C. 1,2,4.
  4. D. 2,3,4.
  5. E. 1,4.
Hint

Urine for culture must be collected by a method that keeps contamination low; think which method gives many false positive cultures.

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