An assessment of the value in general practice of a postal dip-inoculum slide for the detection of urinary tract infection and simultaneous drug sensitivity is presented. The technique was shown to be useful to general practitioners in the management of urinary tract infections and Negram, the chemotherapeutic agent chosen, was clinically effective.
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