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Although urine culture remains the diagnostic gold standard, it poses practical limitations in clinical workflows. Rapid diagnostic methods such as urine flow cytometry (UF) offer potential for timely, reliable UTI detection. We conducted a multicenter diagnostic study to evaluate the performance of BACT-Info. and UTI-Info. flags on the UF-5000\/4000 system in detecting UTIs, using presumptive Gram staining and urine culture (\u226510\u2075 CFU\/mL) as references. A total of 763 patients with suspected UTI were enrolled, and 721 patients\u2014with uropathogenic bacteria and complete data\u2014were included in the final analysis (384 with culture-confirmed UTI and 337 without UTI). The diagnostic value of nitrituria was highly specific, while leukocyte esterase was sensitive. For BACT-count and WBC-count of UF-5000\/4000, the AUCs were 0.85 and 0.69, respectively. 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