The screening of more than 2,000 schoolgirls for bacteriuria using an automated fluorescence microscopy system.
After initial evaluation of a manual fluorescence microscopy system on a variety of urines the method was automated and subsequently tested in a population survey of urinary tract infection in schoolgirls. This automated Bactoscan system allowed a rapid analysis of urine samples and with the introduction of modifications to the staining protocol it correctly eliminated 91% of samples as being not significantly infected.
D001322:Autoanalysis / Q000379:methods; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence