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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2005, p. 5288-5290, Vol. 43, No. 10
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.10.5288-5290.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Rapid Screening of Urine Specimens for Bacteriuria by the Cellenium System

Preeti Pancholi,1* Kathleen Pavletich,2 and Phyllis Della-Latta1

Clinical Microbiology Service, Department of Pathology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York,1 Bronx Community College of the City University of New York, Bronx, New York2

Received 23 February 2005/ Returned for modification 12 April 2005/ Accepted 9 June 2005

This study evaluated the performance of the Cellenium 160US 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.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Columbia University Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, 622 West 168th Street, CHC 3-326, New York, NY 10032. Phone: (212) 305-6237. Fax: (212) 305-8971. E-mail: prp9005{at}nyp.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2005, p. 5288-5290, Vol. 43, No. 10
0095-1137/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JCM.43.10.5288-5290.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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