Evaluation of the Sysmex UF-100 urine cell analyzer as a screening test to reduce the need for urine cultures for community-acquired urinary tract infection

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 922-925

  Shine, Young Kim ^a   Young, Jin Kim ^a   Sun, Min Lee ^a   Sang, Hyun Hwang ^a   Hyung, Hoi Kim ^a   Han, Chul Son ^a   Lee, Eun Yup ^a,b  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Urinary tract infection; Urine flow cytometer

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; ROC CURVE; URINE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; ROC CURVE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 38049031106     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/4606EC29U50DVAFY     Document Type: Article

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