Publications by authors named "Marie Siatkowski"
Background: Microbiological analysis of body fluids (BF) provides important information for diagnosis of infection. We evaluated the analytical performance of bacterial count by UF-4000 BF mode for ascitic, cerebrospinal, pleural, synovial and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis fluids compared to classical microbiological procedure (direct Gram staining and culture).
Materials And Methods: For the 1,734 BF analyzed, distribution of UF-4000 bacterial count was analyzed according to the level of growth culture and results were compared using Mann-Whitney test.
Background: Cytological analysis of body fluids (BF) provides important information for diagnosis in various medical conditions. We evaluated the analytical performance of the UF-4000 BF mode for ascitic, cerebrospinal, pleural, synovial and continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis fluids compared to light microscopy counting (LM).
Materials And Methods: 223 consecutive BF were analyzed by UF-4000 and results were compared using Pearson's correlation, Bland-Altman analysis, and contingence tests at relevant cut-off values.