Differential diagnostics of morphological forms of Klebsiella pneumonia in urine sediment by light microscopy
https://doi.org/10.25199/2408-9613-2026-13-1-32-38
Abstract
The article presents the experience of differential diagnosis of morphological forms of Klebsiella pneimoniae by light microscopy in urine sediment from surgical patients of the burn department, whose therapy uses beta–lactam antibiotics in sub-inhibitory concentrations. The urine of patients from the Burn Department of the Center served as the material for the study. General clinical urine analysis was performed using the "dry chemistry" method using test strips on a LabUReader Plus2 urinary semi–automatic analyzer, Hungary. A bacteriological (cultural) study was performed by seeding urine for microflora and antibiotic sensitivity. Microscopic examination of urine sediment was performed by optical light microscopy on a binocular microscope with LED illumination MICROS MS100(XP), Austria. This publication may be of interest to doctors of various specialties, as well as to novice specialists in clinical laboratory diagnostics involved in the study of urine sediment using optical microscopy.
About the Authors
V. S. Demidova
A. V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valentina S. Demidova – MD, Dr. Sci. (Biol.), head of the clinic and diagnostic laboratory
27 Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya Str., Moscow, 117997
L. G. Alkhimova
A. V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Liudmila G. Alkhimova – MD, physician of clinical laboratory diagnostics of the first category
27 Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya Str., Moscow, 117997
M. A. Demchenko
A. V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maria A. Demchenko – MD, physician of clinical laboratory diagnostics
27 Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya Str., Moscow, 117997
R. P. Terekhova
A. V. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Raisa P. Terekhova – MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), head of the laboratory of prevention and treatment of bacterial infections at the department of wounds and wound infections
27 Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya Str., Moscow, 117997
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Demidova V.S., Alkhimova L.G., Demchenko M.A., Terekhova R.P. Differential diagnostics of morphological forms of Klebsiella pneumonia in urine sediment by light microscopy. Wounds and wound infections. The prof. B.M. Kostyuchenok journal. 2026;13(1):32-38. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25199/2408-9613-2026-13-1-32-38
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