A positive bacterial culture of sinus fluid was the preferred reference standard in this study.
Not exact matches
Studies of cats with clinical signs of lower urinary tract disease (dysuria, stranguria, pollakiuria) have consistently shown that the overall prevalence of
positive bacterial urine
cultures is < 3 % [2,15].
Cultures were classified as
positive if any
bacterial growth was present.
A
positive culture result obtained from a tracheobronchial wash does not necessarily imply the presence of a clinically significant airway infection and should not lead to antibiotic therapy, unless there was a pure
bacterial culture on a primary
culture plate.