Comparison of Urine Flow Cytometry on the UF-1000i System and Urine Culture of Urine Samples from Urological Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The aims of this study were to evaluate urine flow cytometry (UFC) as a tool to screen urine samples of urological patients for bacteriuria and to compare UFC and dipstick analysis with urine culture in a patient cohort at a urological department of a university hospital.

Methods and material

We screened 662 urine samples from urological patients (75.2% male; 80.7% inpatients; mean age 58 years). UFC results were compared to microbiological urine culture.

Results

The accuracy in using the UFC-based parameters for detecting cultural bacteriuria was 91.99% and 88.97% for ≥105 colony-forming units (CFU)/mL and ≥104 CFU/mL, respectively. UFC and leukocyte dipstick analysis measured leukocyturia similarly (Pearson correlation coefficient 0.87, p value <0.01%),

SUBMITTER: Fritzenwanker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9533459 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature