30910-4

LOINC 2.82

Antimicrobials [Presence] in Urine

Antimicrobials Ur Ql

Definition

  • A small amount of urine is placed on an agar plate which has been seeded with a sensitive strain of E.coli, then incubated overnight. A zone of inhibition where the urine was inoculated indicates a bacterial inhibitor. This would explain "sterile pyuria"

Component

  • Antimicrobials

Specimen / system

  • Urine

Class

  • MICRO

Property

  • PrThr

Scale

  • Ord

Related names

  • ID; Infectious Disease; InfectiousDisease; Microbiology; Ordinal; Point in time; PR; QL; Qual; Qualitative; Random; Screen; UA; UR; Urn

Index terms

  • ID
  • Infectious Disease
  • InfectiousDisease
  • Microbiology
  • Ordinal
  • Point in time
  • PR
  • QL
  • Qual
  • Qualitative
  • Random
  • Screen
  • UA
  • UR
  • Urn