The effect of short-term high-dose treatment with methenamine hippurate of urinary infection in geriatric patients with indwelling catheters. I. The preparation and morphology of a quantified urine sediment.
A quantified sediment of the urine from patients with indwelling catheters was prepared by fixation of 0.1 ml urine in 0.9 ml 2% glutaraldehyde immediately after sampling. Slide preparations were then made from 0.2 ml of the glutaraldehyde suspensions by means of a cytocentrifuge. Bacteria and epithelial cells were properly contrasted by the May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain but haematoxylin-eosin and the Papanicolaou stain were superior as regards leukocyte morphology. It is suggested that glutaraldehyde-cytocentrifuge preparations of the urine cytology may be useful in the evaluation of urinary infection and in the evaluation of the therapy of urinary infection.
D000368:Aged; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005976:Glutaral; D006626:Hippurates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008709:Methenamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D013997:Time Factors; D014461:Ultracentrifugation; D014546:Urinary Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000652:urine
D006626:Hippurates; D008709:Methenamine; D005976:Glutaral