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. 1980 Dec;12(6):761–763. doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.6.761-763.1980

Slide method for detection of antibody-coated bacteria in urine sediments.

R R Matuscak, A W Pasculle, L Barnhart, R W Atchison, R B Yee
PMCID: PMC273692  PMID: 7031076

Abstract

An immunofluorescent slide method incorporating 0.1% (wt/vol) Evans blue as a counterstain was developed and compared with a recently described tube method. Seventy-one urine specimens were tested concurrently by both methods. Results of the two methods agreed in 70 specimens and disagreed in only 1. We found the slide method to be less costly and time consuming than the tube method.

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