Rapidly discriminating culture-negative urine specimens from patients with suspected urinary tract infections by UF-5000.AIM
 We analyzed 566 urine specimens from patients with suspected urinary tract infections using a fully automated urine particle analyzer (UF-5000) and evaluated its performance for culture-negative urine specimens.


 Regarding the discrimination of bacterial Gram groups, 67.7% (63/93) of cases were correctly analyzed using the UF-5000 bacteria information, with a Cohen's kappa concordance coefficient of 0.775 (χ2 = 31.65, p < 0.001).


 The performance of UF-5000 for rapidly discriminating culture-negative specimens was quite acceptable for clinical use.
UF-5000
Rapidly discriminating culture-negative urine specimens from patients with suspected urinary tract infections by UF-5000.AIM
 We analyzed 566 urine specimens from patients with suspected urinary tract infections using a fully automated urine particle analyzer (UF-5000) and evaluated its performance for culture-negative urine specimens.


 Regarding the discrimination of bacterial Gram groups, 67.7% (63/93) of cases were correctly analyzed using the UF-5000 bacteria information, with a Cohen's kappa concordance coefficient of 0.775 (χ2 = 31.65, p < 0.001).


 The performance of UF-5000 for rapidly discriminating culture-negative specimens was quite acceptable for clinical use.
UF-5000