Albuminuria Is Affected by Urinary Tract Infection: A Comparison between Biochemical Quantitative Method and Automatic Urine Chemistry Analyzer UC-3500.

ABSTRACT: The automated urine reagent strip test is a cost-effective tool for detecting albuminuria in patients. However, prior research has not investigated how urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect the test's accuracy. Therefore, this study aims to assess the impact of UTIs on albuminuria diagnosis using both the biochemical quantitative method and the test strip method of the Fully Automatic Urine Chemistry Analyzer, UC-3500 (Sysmex, Kobe, Japan). From March to December 2019, we prospectively collected midstream urine from adult female UTI patients before and after one week of cephalexin treatment. The urine samples were subjected to culture, routine urinalysis, and albuminuria diagnosis using the biochemical quantitative method and UC-3500. Albuminuria was defined as a urine albumin to creatini

SUBMITTER: Chou YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10650489 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature