Microstix-3

Microstix-3

 [mi´kro-stiks] trademark for a reagent strip with a chemical test area for recognition of nitrite in urine that turns pink on contact with nitrate, and two culture areas for semiquantification of bacterial growth after 18 to 24 hours of incubation; one culture area supports both gram-negative and gram-positive organisms; the other, only gram-negative organisms.