Research Article
FT-IR Analysis of Urinary Stones: A Helpful Tool for Clinician Comparison with the Chemical Spot Test
Table 4
Agreement between results obtained with chemical spot test and FT-IR in the pure stone with substances in trace group.
| | Pure stones with substance in trace | | Components detected () | Agreement () | Partial agreement () | Disagreement () |
| | Calcium oxalate monohydrate + carbonate apatite trace (4) | 0 | 3 | 1 | | Calcium oxalate dihydrate + carbonate apatite trace (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Calcium oxalate monohydrate + calcium oxalate dihydrate trace (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Total (6) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (83.3%) | 1 (16.7%) |
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