UF-1000i™ flow cytometry is an effective screening method for urine specimens

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 130-136

  Kadkhoda, Kamran ^a   Manickam, Kanchana ^a,b   DeGagne, Pat ^b   Sokolowski, Pat ^b   Pang, Paulette ^b   Kontzie, Nick ^b   Alfa, Michelle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

UF 1000i flow cytometer; Urine screening

Indexed keywords

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL LOAD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651457177     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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