UriSed 3 PRO automated microscope in screening bacteriuria at region-wide laboratory organization

Screening for bacteriuria.

Laboratory aspects of asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy.

A total of 1,661 pregnant women aged between 13 and 45 years were screened for bacteriuria by urine culture. Of the 1,661 culture results, 615 (37%) yielded no growth; 728 (43.8%) yielded no significant growth (presence of <10(5) organisms/ml urine of one or more types of bacteria); 286 (17.2%) yielded mixed growth (presence of >10(5) organisms/ml urine of more than one type of bacteria) and on...

Detection of bacteriuria by automated electrical impedance monitoring in a clinical microbiology laboratory.

An apparatus capable of rapidly detecting changes in electrical impedance was utilized for the continuous monitoring of bacterial growth in routine urine specimens in a clinical laboratory. In a trial study, 200 clinical specimens analyzed by the electrical impedance method resulted in an average detection time of 2.5 h for 41 clinically significant specimens, whereas conventional methods for b...

Automated 3-D Reconstruction Using a Scanning Electron Microscope

Methods for both the accurate calibration and also the use of an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) for accurate 3D reconstruction are described. Unlike previous work, the proposed methodology does not require either known motions of a target or use of calibration target with accurate fiducial marks. Experimental results from the calibration studies show the necessity for taking ...

Bacteriuria screening by automated whole-field-image-based microscopy reduces the number of necessary urine cultures.

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.