Use of flow cytometry (Sysmex® UF-100) to screen for positive urine cultures: In search for the ideal cut-off

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-292

  Brilha, Sara ^a   Proença, Helena ^a   Cristino, José Melo ^a   Hänscheid, Thomas ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Flow cytometric screening; Sysmex UF 100; Urine culture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

BACILLI (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 76649106739     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.047     Document Type: Article

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