Rapid screening of urine specimens for bacteriuria by the cellenium system

J Clin Microbiol. 2005 Oct;43(10):5288-90. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.10.5288-5290.2005.

Abstract

This study evaluated the performance of the Cellenium 160 US urine screening system in comparison to that of the semiquantitative culture method. The performance characteristics of the Cellenium system for all clinically significant uropathogens were 89.5% sensitivity, 94.4% specificity, 97.1% negative predictive value, and 81% positive predictive value.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Bacteriuria / diagnosis*
  • Bacteriuria / microbiology
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Culture Media
  • Gram-Negative Bacteria / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Cocci / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Time Factors
  • Urinary Tract Infections / diagnosis
  • Urinary Tract Infections / microbiology
  • Urine / microbiology*

Substances

  • Culture Media