Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

Arnold Joseph M Fernandez

Publications

• Research Article
  Predict Urinary Tract Infection and to Estimate Causative Bacterial Class in a Philippine Subspecialty Hospital
  Author(s): Verle V Agpaoa, Jefferson B Mendoza, Arnold Joseph M Fernandez, Januario D Veloso and Sonu BhatnagarVerle V Agpaoa, Jefferson B Mendoza, Arnold Joseph M Fernandez, Januario D Veloso and Sonu Bhatnagar
  
  Objective: Urinary tract infection diagnosis by urine culture can be time- and labor- consuming. In the National Kidney and Transplant Institute, up to 75% of urine culture samples sent to the laboratory yield no growth or insignificant growth. A rapid and reliable screening method to rule out bacterial UTI could reduce culture workload, turnaround time of negative results and also unnecessary antibiotic prescription. Sysmex UF-1000i is urine flow cytometry analyzer which is capable of quantifying urine particles including bacteria and leukocytes. We evaluated the UF-1000i performance for ruling out UTIs and its bacterial scattergram feature to estimate the causative bacterial group, using standard urine culture results as reference method. Methods: 293 urine samples were analyzed using Sysmex UF-1000i analyzer and compared with urine culture results. Bacterial cluster distrib.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0959.1000194

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