Urinalysis and Standardization

The identification of bacteria more than a cen- tury ago, soon lead to the finding of microorganisms in the urine.1 the presence of significant number of bacteria (>105 organisms /ml) in urine reflects uri- nary tract infection (uti).2 uti is among the most common infections encountered by physicians.3 it can be asymptomatic or symptomatic.4 asymptom- atic infection may lead to symptomatic infection in a week’s time5 or complications of urinary tract and other systems without developing to symptomatic uti.