Discuss considerations around sample quality and transport and how it affects laboratory results. Discuss the tests performed by the laboratory on a urine sample, how test results confirm a diagnosis of urinary tract infection and provide an example of an automated technology currently in use in diagnostic laboratories.
Microbiology A 50 year-old woman went to their GP complaining of nausea, shaking chills, loin pain and a burning sensation on passing urine, which she was doing more frequently than normal. On examination, her doctor observed that she was a bit pale with some suprapubic tenderness. A urine dipstick test was positive for nitrites, leukocytes […]