Abstract

SIMON BARROSO DE LA CRUZ, Emilio; RODRIGUEZ MARTINEZ, Claudio  and  ZHURBENKO, Raiza. Efficacy of the CromoCen (R) culture medium in the diagnosis of urinary infection. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2006, vol.22, n.4. ISSN 0864-2125.

The evaluation of the performance with clinical samples of urine was carried out to determine the efficacy of CromoCen(R) CC as a culture medium in the diagnosis of urinary infection, and to identify with its use the most frequent bacterial groups and the time necessary to make the diagnosis. In a sample of 500 cases seen at the aoutpatient department of urology and analyzed at the microbiology service of San Antonio de los Baños, in the province of Havana, from January to June, 2003, it was confirmed the working hypothesis: the studied culture medium was efficient for the rapid diagnosis of urinary infection. From the ethical point of view, the reliability was maintained, and the self-steem of the physician-patient binomial, as well as the quality of life of the patient from the bioethical view increased. That's why, it is recommended to use this culture medium in the rapid diagnosis of the urinary infection.

Keywords : Cromogenic culture medium; fluorogenic; CromoCen (R) CC; Escherichia coli; B glucoronidase activity; B galactosidase activity; urinary infection,; efficacy..