Automated Urine Screening and Residual Antimicrobial Activity Test for Rapid Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections in Ambulatory Patients: A Laboratory Evaluation of HB&L Uroquattro Instrument

Abstract

the aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy of the HB&L Uroquattro instrument (Alifax, Italy) and the Residual Antimicrobial Activity test (RAA) for rapid and correct diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) and to compare the results with those obtained with the classical cultural method.

Keywords

• urinary tract infections
• rapid diagnosis
• residual antibiotic activity