The effect of short-term high-dose treatment with methenamine hippurate of urinary infection in geriatric patients with indwelling catheters. I. The preparation and morphology of a quantified urine sediment.

Abstract

A quantified sediment of the urine from patients with indwelling catheters was prepared by fixation of 0.1 ml urine in 0.9 ml 2% glutaraldehyde immediately after sampling. Slide preparations were then made from 0.2 ml of the glutaraldehyde suspensions by means of a cytocentrifuge. Bacteria and epithelial cells were properly contrasted by the May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain but haematoxylin-eosin and the Papanicolaou stain were superior as regards leukocyte morphology. It is suggested that glutaraldehyde-cytocentrifuge preparations of the urine cytology may be useful in the evaluation of urinary infection and in the evaluation of the therapy of urinary infection.

• Authors: B Norberg, A Norberg, U Parkhede, H Gippert, M Akerman
• Journal: Upsala journal of medical sciences (Ups J Med Sci) Vol. 84 Issue 1 Pg. 67-74 ( 1979) ISSN: 0300-9734 [Print] Sweden
• PMID: 87049 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Hippurates
• Methenamine
• Glutaral

Topics

• Aged
• Catheters, Indwelling (adverse effects)
• Drug Evaluation
• Female
• Glutaral
• Hippurates (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Humans
• Male
• Methenamine (administration & dosage, therapeutic use)
• Staining and Labeling
• Time Factors
• Ultracentrifugation
• Urinary Catheterization (adverse effects)
• Urinary Tract Infections (drug therapy, etiology, urine)