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The introduction of quantitative urine cultures in the mid-1950s coincided with the introduction and widespread use of antimicrobial drugs. The first studies of quantitative urine bacteriology, in fact, included a diverse group of asymptomatic patients — medical outpatients, patients with diabetes, pregnant women, women with cystoceles, and patients with indwelling catheters.¹ Widespread application of a standardized microbiologic definition of asymptomatic urinary infection (10⁵ colony-forming units of an organism per milliliter in two consecutive urine specimens) revealed that positive urine cultures were common in the absence of symptoms. This was at a time when urinary infection was considered to be . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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• Katz, A. R. (2003). URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS AND ACUPUNCTURE. Am. J. Public Health 93: 702-702 [Full Text]