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urethral culture
what is 'urethral culture'?
Definition for Urethral culture
Urethral culture is also known as: Urethral swab culture
Urethral culture is a medical procedure used for such diagnoses as: interstitial cystitis, septic arthritis and scrotal abscess.
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interstitial cystitis
bladder disease of unknown cause
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bacterial joint infection
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scrotal abscess
collection of pus in sac around testis
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chlamydia infections
multisystem infectious illnesses
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Urethral culture and Cervical culture
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Examination of urine to detect disease
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cultures vaginal discharge
Urethral culture and cultures vaginal discharge
Acupuncture
inserting needles into specific body points to improve healt
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Removal of joint fluid
Urethral culture and Arthrocentesis
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cleaning out joint through hole made in the joint
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Joint examination and treatment with arthroscope
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incision of a joint
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Urethral culture and C Reactive Protein (CRP)
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- Urethral culture
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Urethral discharge culture
Culture of urethral discharge; Genital exudate culture; Culture - genital ... Urethral discharge culture is a laboratory test done on men and boys to identify ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003750.htm
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Urethral discharge culture
Urethral discharge culture is a laboratory test performed on males to isolate and identify organisms in the urethra and genital tract that cause infection.
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/003750ris.htm
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Urethral discharge culture
Urethral discharge culture is a laboratory test done on men and boys to identify ... Culture of urethral discharge; Genital exudate culture; Culture - genital ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Urethral-discharge-culture.htm?p=1
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2002 Laboratory Guidelines - App. A
Used with endocervical swab to increase sensitivity of culture for screening. Urethral syndrome ... with a high frequency of a positive urethral culture ...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/labguidelines/ApA-LG.htm
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Validation of a Urine-Based PCR-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for ...
Urethral swabs were immediately used to inoculate the TV InPouch culture system ... T. vaginalis was detected by culture of urethral swab or urine sediment in 9.0 ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...
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Chlamydia trachomatis-induced urethritis in female partners of men with ...
... from cervical and urethral specimens from 99 culture-positive female partners of ... were reported by 38 (54%) of those with positive urethral cultures, as ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/386533
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Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- San Diego ...
Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- San ... Repeat urethral culture grew N. gonorrhoeae; this isolate was not available for further testing. ...
http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/prevguid/m0053026/m0053026.asp
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Urethral Cancer
Urethral cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the ... sign of infection) are found, a urine culture is usually done to find out what ...
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/tc/urethral-cancer-treatment-pat...
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Diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis urethral infection in symptomatic ...
... (LCR) of Chlamydia trachomatis plasmid DNA with culture of urethral swab ... compared LCR of first-void urine (FVU) with urethral swab cultures from 1043 men. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7963734
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Blood culture
A blood culture is a laboratory test to check for bacteria or other ... Urethral discharge culture. Urine culture. How the Test is Performed Return to top ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003744.htm
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Diverse and Related 16S rRNA-Encoding DNA Sequences in Prostate Tissues ...
... uroflow studies, urethral cultures, seminal fluid analysis, and prostatic ... urine and urethral culture-negative patient population are culture resistant. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=104894
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Lindsey Slides (PPS 289 KB)
... negative intracellular diplococci (GNID) or urethral culture positive ... Chlamydia (CT): positive urine PCR plus positive urethral culture OR positive EIA ...
http://www.cdc.gov/STDConference/2002/Slides/C6Lindsey.pps
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Gram stain of urethral discharge
In a gram stain of urethral discharge, a smear of fluid from the urethra is ... A culture of the specimen (urethral discharge culture) should be performed in ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003749.htm
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Performance of Transcription-Mediated Amplification and Ligase Chain ...
Urethral specimens from men were first collected for culture by a Dacron-tipped ... urethral, and vulval specimens were either processed for cell culture within ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=105181
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Gram stain of urethral discharge
A gram stain of urethral discharge is a test used to identify bacteria in fluid ... A culture of the specimen (urethral discharge culture) should be performed in ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Gram-stain-of-urethral-discharge.htm
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Detection Of Trichomonas Vaginalis In Males; Traditional versus ...
Urethral and urine culture combined is the standard method, which likely results ... We compared urethral/urine cultures to PCR among males attending a STD clinic. ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102268760.html
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with U
Urethral discharge culture. Urethral discharge gram stain see Gram stain of urethral discharge ... catch see Urine culture - clean catch. Urine collection ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_U.htm
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Direct detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in urine specimens from ...
... of C. trachomatis in urine specimens in comparison with urethral culture. ... The sensitivity of culture compared with PCR and/or direct fluorescent-antibody ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=262905
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Impact of Patient Characteristics on Performance of Nucleic Acid ...
... women with urethral or endocervical cultures positive for C. ... examination, a urethral swab was collected for tissue culture, and endocervical ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=548082
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Urethritis - chronic
Urine culture (clean catch) Urethral discharge culture. Vaginal culture. Treatment ... Chronic urethritis can lead to narrowing (urethral strictures) ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/infectiousdiseases/Urethritis-chronic.htm
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Urethritis - chronic
Urine culture (clean catch) confirms infection and can show what bacteria is ... Urethral discharge culture or vaginal culture specimen(s) can rule out sexually ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001277.htm
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Culture of the surfaces of urinary catheters to sample urethral flora ...
Culture of the surfaces of urinary catheters to sample urethral flora and study ... the urethral flora was sampled by rolling the catheters onto culture plates. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=271815
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Urethritis and Cervicitis-STD Treatment Guidelines 2006
Treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted diseases, from CDC's Division of STD ... Culture and hybridization tests require urethral swab specimens, whereas ...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2006/urethritis-and-cervicitis.htm
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Multicenter Evaluation of the BDProbeTec ET System for Detection of ...
Men were defined as infected with gonococci if the urethral culture was positive. ... Urethral culture detected 112 (77.2%) of the infected patients. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=87865
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Ultrastructural analysis of primary human urethral epithelial cell ...
... culture primary human urethral epithelial cells obtained at the time of urologic ... Infection of primary urethral cells in culture mimics events seen in natural ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=175335
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Utility of bedside bladder ultrasound before urethral ...
108-11 BACKGROUND: Urethral catheterization is the method of choice for obtaining samples for urine culture and urine analysis in infants. ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15629989
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Urethral stricture
Urethral stricture is an abnormal narrowing of the tube that ... Urethral stricture may be caused by inflammation or scar tissue ... Urine culture. Treatment ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001271.htm
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Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay for detection of Chlamydia ...
... between EIA of urine and urethral culture were evaluated by direct fluorescent ... was defined as either a positive urethral culture or positive EIA confirmed ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=262963
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Use of a urine enzyme immunoassay as a diagnostic tool for Chlamydia ...
... of chlamydial urethritis in the study population as determined by culture ... Compared with urethral cultures for chlamydiae, the urine EIA had a sensitivity ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=270353
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MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Topics beginning with Cp-Cz
Culture - genital discharge or exudate see Urethral discharge culture ... Culture of urethral discharge see Urethral discharge culture. Curvature of the penis ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/encyclopedia_Cp-Cz.htm
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Comparison of the ligase chain reaction with cell culture for the ...
Cervical culture detected 68.4% and urethral culture 62% of all positive results ... Cervical and urethral culture combined detected 87.3% whereas cervical and urine ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=500342
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Summary Suzuki et al. Evaluation of a rapid antigen detection test ...
The NOW gonorrhea rapid test may be a useful and reliable diagnostic screening ... Summary: ...
http://www.who.int/std_diagnostics/literature_reviews/Issue_...
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Gonococcal arthritis
Gonococcal arthritis is an infection, usually of a single joint (in 90% to ... Urethral culture for gonorrhea in men. Cervical culture for gonorrhea in women ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/000453sym.htm?terms=migrating+joint+pain
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Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections: Urinary Tract Infections (UTI ...
... urethral syndrome have dysuria, frequency, and pyuria, but urine culture in ... All prepubertal children should have a urine culture when a UTI is suspected. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec17/ch231/ch231b.html
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Epidemiologic Notes and Reports Spectinomycin-Resistant Neisseria ...
Urethral cultures were positive for N. gonorrhoeae susceptible to penicillin but ... Subsequent urethral cultures grew beta-lactamase-positive, spectinomycin ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001198.htm
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Effect of blind passage and multiple sampling on recovery of Chlamydia ...
Overall, 21% of the men and 30% of the women were culture positive. ... 28% of female urethral, and 29% of male urethral cultures that were positive ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?&artid=269092
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High prevalence of urethral infection in men with non-specific symptoms ...
... a genital examination, a urethral swab for gonorrhea culture, a first void urine ... Overall, the detection of a urethral pathogen using PCR was 71%, with ...
http://gateway.nlm.nih.gov/MeetingAbstracts/ma?f=102230108.html
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Summary Black et al. Head-to-head multicenter comparison...Articles for ...
Commercial LCR and PCR assays were significantly more sensitive than a ... Summary: ...
http://www.who.int/std_diagnostics/literature_reviews/Issue_...
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Improved Detection by DNA Amplification of Trichomonas vaginalis in Males
... vaginalis by culture and by PCR analysis of urine and urethral-swab specimens. ... results for urethral and urine specimens to those of culture techniques for the ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=130872
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Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae -- San Diego ...
Repeat urethral culture grew N. gonorrhoeae; this isolate was not available for further testing. ... was reexamined, and a repeat urethral culture was negative. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00053026.htm
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Haematospermia ? A Systematic Review
... includes semen culture, urethral swabs, mycobacterial cultures and viral serology. ... diseases are suspected, urethral cultures for gonorrhoea and ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1964630
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Multicenter Evaluation of the Fully Automated COBAS AMPLICOR PCR Test ...
... for all 27 urethral swab specimens obtained from culture-positive men (Table 2) ... from men who were positive by culture of urethral swab specimens. ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=84172
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Note: Identification of a Chlamydia trachomatis Serovar E Urogenital ...
The other was a urethral isolate from a male with urethritis. ... the patient had negative urethral cultures for C. trachomatis five times ...
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=9826386
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Summary Schwebke et al. Improved detection by DNA...Articles for review ...
... was significantly more sensitive than culture for the detection of T. vaginalis ... Summary: expert review ...
http://www.who.int/std_diagnostics/literature_reviews/Issue_...
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Trichomoniasis: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD): Merck Manual ...
... or prostatic secretions or by urethral culture. ... Culture of male urine or urethral swab ... Cultures of urine and urethral swabs are more sensitive. ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec14/ch194/ch194j.html
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Gonorrhea - male
gram stain of urethral discharge. urethral discharge culture for gonorrhea. rectal culture ... Practices & Customs for Countries and Cultures Around the ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/000623sym.htm
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2002 Laboratory Guidelines - App. B
... with urethral discharge, the sensitivity and specificity are similar to culture ... Culture after a positive Gram-stained smear might be useful for quality ...
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/LabGuidelines/ApB-LG.htm
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Blood culture
A culture may be done using a sample of blood, tissue, stool, urine, or other ... Urethral discharge culture. Urine culture. Alternative Names. Culture - blood ...
http://adam.about.com/encyclopedia/Blood-culture.htm
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Epididymitis-STD Treatment Guidelines 2006
Treatment guidelines for sexually transmitted diseases, from CDC's Division ... Culture and nucleic acid hybridization tests require urethral swab specimens, ...
http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2006/epididymitis.htm
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Gonorrhea screening among men who have sex with men: value of multiple ...
METHODS: Culture of specimens from all sites and urethral (or urine) nucleic ... Among 5812 patients who had a urethral and a rectal or pharyngeal specimen ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18607315?ordinalpos=13&it...
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