Does refrigeration of urine alter culture results in hospitalized patients with neurogenic bladders?

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 342-347

  Norton III, John A ^a,b   Kirshblum, Steven C ^b,c,d   Linsenmeyer, Todd A ^c,e   Johnston, Mark ^c,f   Rustagi, Anju ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation ^*  (United States)

^e KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurogenic bladder; Refrigeration; Urinalysis; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FREEZING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRIGERATION; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; URINARY BLADDER, NEUROGENIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032175631     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10790268.1998.11719542     Document Type: Article

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