{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Lee JM"],"funding":["Beckman Coulter","Korea Health Industry Development Institute"],"pagination":["531"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6580579"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["19(1)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Clinical microbiology laboratories are asked to process large numbers of urine specimens for culture, but only 20-40% of them are positive. Therefore, a rapid, reliable screening method is necessary to speed up the reporting of a negative result. In this study, we evaluated the iQ200/iChem workstation, which is a combination of digital imaging software and a strip reader to predict negative urine culture.<h4>Method</h4>A total of 1942 urine specimens were processed through both culture and iQ200/ iChem workstation. We analyzed the performance using two definition of positive urine culture; one or two potential uropathogens at a concentration of ≥10<sup>5</sup> CFU/ml and ≥ 10<sup>4</sup> CFU/ml. We assessed combinations of parameters (ASP; all small particles, WBC; leuko"],"journal":["BMC infectious diseases"],"pubmed_title":["Clinical usefulness of iQ200/iChem Velocity workstation for screening of urine culture."],"pmcid":["PMC6580579"],"funding_grant_id":["HI16C0443"],"pubmed_authors":["Baek DJ","Park KG","Park YJ","Lee JM","Han E"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Clinical usefulness of iQ200/iChem Velocity workstation for screening of urine culture.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Clinical microbiology laboratories are asked to process large numbers of urine specimens for culture, but only 20-40% of them are positive. Therefore, a rapid, reliable screening method is necessary to speed up the reporting of a negative result. In this study, we evaluated the iQ200/iChem workstation, which is a combination of digital imaging software and a strip reader to predict negative urine culture.<h4>Method</h4>A total of 1942 urine specimens were processed through both culture and iQ200/ iChem workstation. We analyzed the performance using two definition of positive urine culture; one or two potential uropathogens at a concentration of ≥10<sup>5</sup> CFU/ml and ≥ 10<sup>4</sup> CFU/ml. We assessed combinations of parameters (ASP; all small particles, WBC; leuko","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Jun","modification":"2025-04-18T13:30:50.916Z","creation":"2019-07-24T07:20:35Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6580579","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31208347"],"doi":["10.1186/s12879-019-4141-x"]}}