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** Positive if the orange-yellow color turns bright pink |
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* Common urease-positive organisms include |
* Common urease-positive organisms include |
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** [[Proteus |
** [[Proteus]] |
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** [[Cryptococcus |
** [[Cryptococcus]] |
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** [[Corynebacterium |
** [[Corynebacterium]] |
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** [[Helicobacter pylori]] |
** [[Helicobacter pylori]] |
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** [[Brucella |
** [[Brucella]] |
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** [[Nocardia |
** [[Nocardia]] |
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** [[Ureaplasma |
** [[Ureaplasma]] |
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* All organisms include: {#ask: [[Urease:: |
* All organisms include: {{#ask: Urease [[Urease::positive]]}} |
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[[Category:Diagnostics]] |
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 25 January 2022
- Tests for the ability of the bacteria to metabolize urea by using phenol red to detect a pH change from lysis of urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide
- Often found in bacteria that cause urinary tract infections
- Procedure
- Into a tube with urea medium, stab an inoculum of the isolate into the medium then streak the slant
- Incubate with a loose lid at 35ºC for 24 hours
- Positive if the orange-yellow color turns bright pink
- Common urease-positive organisms include
- All organisms include: Brucella melitensis, Helicobacter pylori, Proteus, RhodotorulaThe part "Urease" of the query was not understood.</br>Results might not be as expected.
