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Purpose : Although routine urinalysis can detect leukocyturia, difficulties remain in
differentiating subpopulations of leukocytes and various epithelial cells in urinary sediments. This
study was performed to appreciate the value of cytodiagnostic urinalysis in the discrimination of
leukocyturias of bacterial urinary tract infection (UTI) from those without UTI.
Methods : Urine from 12 children with UTI (UTI group) and from 11 children without UTI
(non-UTI... |