Evaluation of Sysmex UF-100 urine flow cytometer vs chamber counting of supravitally stained specimens and conventional bacterial cultures

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-35

  Kouri, Timo T ^a   Kähkönen, Ulla ^a   Malminiemi, Kimmo ^a   Vuento, Risto ^a   Rowan, R Martin ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TOA Med Electronics/Eur GmbH T   (Germany)

Author keywords

Automated urine particle analysis; Rapid detection of bacteriuria; Urinalysis; Urine flow cytometer; Urine particle morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY TUBULE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINALYSIS; UROFLOWMETRY;

EID: 0343883507     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/112.1.25     Document Type: Article

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