Bacteriuria screening by automated whole-field-image-based microscopy reduces the number of necessary urine cultures

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1427-1429

  Falbo, Rosanna ^a   Sala, M Roberta ^a   Signorelli, Silvia ^a   Venturi, Natascia ^a   Signorini, Stefano ^a   Brambilla, Paolo ^a,b  

^a Hospital of Desio   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCALIGENES FAECALIS; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; AUTOMATION; BACTERIURIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORGANELLA MORGANII; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEST STRIP; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; URINE SEDIMENT; WHOLE FIELD IMAGE BASED MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BACTERIURIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858603580     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.06003-11     Document Type: Article

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