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Does the midstream urine culture and sensitivity test reliably predict infected urine near a ureteral obstruction?

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boxed-textMariappan P and Loong CW (2004) Midstream urine culture and sensitivity test is a poor predictor of infected urine proximal to the obstructing ureteral stone or infected stones: a prospective clinical study. J Urol 171: 2142–2145

MSU culture is not a reliable indicator of infected urine proximal to an obstructing stone; culture of urine from the renal pelvis may be a better guide for postoperative antimicrobial treatment

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Pearle, M. Does the midstream urine culture and sensitivity test reliably predict infected urine near a ureteral obstruction?. Nat Rev Urol 1, 16–17 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0004

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