Publications by authors named "S Lamrabat"
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- The study investigates the presence of yeasts in urine and clarifies that their presence does not always indicate a urinary tract infection, focusing on funguria in a hospital setting in Morocco.
- Data was collected from over 15,000 urine samples taken over 28 months, revealing that urinary colonization by yeasts occurred in nearly 5% of cases, while urinary tract infections accounted for about 5.35%.
- The findings highlighted key risk factors for funguria, including older age, ICU admission, and broad-spectrum antibiotic use, suggesting a need for improved identification techniques and interpretation of test results in clinical practice.
Unlabelled: The pre-analytical step of the cytobacteriological examination of urine (CBEU) is one of the most critical in microbiology. The objectives of our study were to determine the rate of urinary contamination and to analyze the factors that would facilitate this in order to propose solutions to this problem.
Method: This is a 26-month descriptive study including all CBEU requests to our laboratory.
We evaluated the body fluid module on Sysmex UF-1000i (UF-1000i-BF) for analysis of white blood cell (WBC) and red blood cell (RBC) in cerebrospinal fluid. We collected 93 cerebrospinal fluid samples and compared the results of the UF-1000i-BF mode with the Fast-Read 102 disposable counting cell. Results shows a good correlation between the UF-1000i and the microscopic examination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe cytobacteriological examination of urine (CBEU) is the most prescribed test in a microbiology laboratory. The objectives of this work were to present our experience in carrying out the CBEU and to share one of the means that we consider very useful in the daily practice of this crucial analysis. This is a 28-month prospective study (March 2016 to June 2018).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this work is to present the results of a comparative study between the ALT assay on Integra 400 plus Roche Diagnostic versus Architect ci8200 of Abbott Diagnostic.
Methods: A total of 200 patients hospitalized in the various departments of the university hospital Mohammed VI of Oujda were prospectively tested on two systems: Abbott Architect ci8200 and Roche Integra 400 plus. Both analyzers use the spectrophotometric technique by coupling the transamination reaction to the oxidation-reduction reaction at NAD.