Diagnosis of bacteriuria and leukocyturia by automated flow cytometry compared with urine culture

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3990-3996

  Pieretti, Barbara ^a   Brunati, Pietro ^a   Pini, Beatrice ^a   Colzani, Carlo ^a   Congedo, Pierluigi ^a   Rocchi, Marco ^b   Terramocci, Riccardo ^a  

^a VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIURIA; CANDIDA; CHILD; CITROBACTER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; URINE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78049514901     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00975-10     Document Type: Article

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