title: Use of the cytocentrifuge for the detection of cytomegalovirus inclusions in the urine of renal allograft patients. A case roport.
abstract: The cytodiagnosis of virus infected cells in the urine of immunosuppressed patients is a new and important aspect of exfoliative cytology. A case report is presented which demonstrates the detection of diagnostic viral inclusions in a renal allograft recipient with CID. Diagnostic cells with good cytologic detail are observed using a Cytocentrifuge technique.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002498:Centrifugation; D003587:Cytomegalovirus; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*