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Bacteriuria Screening by Automated Whole-Field-Image-Based Microscopy Reduces the Number of Necessary Urine Cultures

2012; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 50; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1128/jcm.06003-11

1098-660X

Rosanna Falbo, Maria Roberta Sala, Silvia Signorelli, Natascia Venturi, Stefano Signorini, Paolo Brambilla,

Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies

ABSTRACT We evaluated a new automated urine sediment analyzer that provides whole-field images for the screening of urine samples prior to bacterial culture. Sterile urine samples from 1,011 male and female outpatients and inpatients (mean age 54.7) with a urinary tract infection prevalence of 18.3% were studied. Screening rapidly provides negative results.