Urinary Tract Infection Epidemiology
New findings from Pusan National University, Department of Laboratory Medicine in the area of urinary tract infection epidemiology described
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 20th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report '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.' "We evaluated the UF-100 flow cytometer (TOA Medical Electronics, Kobe, Japan) as a screening test for community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTI) to reduce the need for bacterial cultures. By comparing the test results for 330 urine samples with quantitative urine cultures, we established cutoff criteria for the UF-100," scientists writing in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology report.
"To rule out hospital-acquired UTI, all urine samples were from...
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