Urinalysis : Current status and prospects for the future

More than 300 million routine clinical analyses are performed annually in the United States. Methods for routine clinical urine examination, including detection of bacteriuria, are briefly reviewed. Prospects of some newer, better techniques to carry out such analyses are introduced. A preliminary r...

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Published inAnnals of clinical and laboratory science Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 169 - 175
Main Authors LORINCZ, A. E, KELLY, D. R, DOBBINS, G. C, CARDONE, V. S, FUCHS, S. A, SCHILLECI, J. L
Format Conference Proceeding Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA Institute for Clinical Science 01.07.1999
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Fluorescence
Forecasting
Humans
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous. Technology
Pathology. Cytology. Biochemistry. Spectrometry. Miscellaneous investigative techniques
Urinalysis - methods
Urinalysis - trends
Human
Urine
State of the art
Perspective
Microbiological investigation
Biochemical analysis
Laboratory investigations
Clinical biology
Review
Automatic analysis
Bacteriological investigation
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Summary:More than 300 million routine clinical analyses are performed annually in the United States. Methods for routine clinical urine examination, including detection of bacteriuria, are briefly reviewed. Prospects of some newer, better techniques to carry out such analyses are introduced. A preliminary report is presented on the use of supravital microscopic fluorescence technique (SMFT), employing acridine orange as a non-specific staining fluorochrome. Results of examining 218 unspun urine specimens by SMFT are compared to traditional bacteriologic culture at a large pediatric hospital reference laboratory.
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ISSN:0091-7370
1550-8080