(21.8%) of the670 isolates were detected only after day 2 of incubation. Despitetheir own results, the authors recom- mended 1 day of incubation and 1 ...
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY, Nov. 1992, 0095-1137/92/113033-02$02.00/0
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Vol. 30, No. 11
Letter to the Editor Processing Urine Specimens: Overnight versus Two-Day Incubation Recently Murray et al. (4) compared the value of incubating urine cultures for 1 versus 2 days and showed that 146 (21.8%) of the 670 isolates were detected only after day 2 of incubation. Despite their own results, the authors recommended 1 day of incubation and 1 additional day only for those urine samples which are positive with
