Cytological Changes in Urines From Patients Complaining of Renal Failure

Abstract

This is Cross-sectional prospective screening study carried out in Khartoum during the period from October 2008 to April 2009.the study assessed the cytological pattern in urine of patients with renal failure. Using conventional cytological stain Papanicolaou and Diff Quick stains. In this study 300 sample were collected from patients with renal failure. Examinations of cytological smears revealed no cytological atypia were detected, inflammatory cells in 31 (10.3%) were detected among cases. Further more, different infectious condition were detected 16 (5.3%) of bacterial infection, 3 (1%) of Candida, 3 (1%) of trichomonas were detected among cases. These findings suggest that urine cytology is important for monitoring different infectious conditions that affect renal failure patients.