You are working in a medical lab and receive a urine sample from a patient that is displaying urinary tract infection symptoms. You use the urine to set up 8 serial 10-fold dilutions. You decide to spread plate 100 µl of different dilutions. The colony count after incubation overnight: 10-4 dilution has 173 colonies. What is the cfu/ml of this culture?

You are working in a medical lab and receive a urine sample from a patient that is displaying urinary tract infection symptoms. You use the urine to set up 8 serial 10-fold dilutions. You decide to spread plate 100 µl of different dilutions. The colony count after incubation overnight: 10-4 dilution has 173 colonies. What is the cfu/ml of this culture?

Comprehensive Medical Assisting: Administrative and Clinical Competencies (MindTap Course List)

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Author:Wilburta Q. Lindh, Carol D. Tamparo, Barbara M. Dahl, Julie Morris, Cindy Correa

Publisher:Wilburta Q. Lindh, Carol D. Tamparo, Barbara M. Dahl, Julie Morris, Cindy Correa

Chapter26: Pediatrics

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