Objective: To determine the sensitivity, specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV) and
Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of Urine Nitrite (NIT) and Leukocyte Esterase (LE) test …

Aims: Urine dipstick analysis is a quick, cheap and a useful test in predicting Urinary Tract
Infection (UTI) in hospitalized patients. Our aim is to evaluate the reliability (sensitivity) of …

We compared the performance of leukocyte esterase and nitrite reductase dipstick tests with
microscopic examination and uroculture in cases with clinically suspected urinary tract …

Background. The balance between the choices of UTI diagnostic tools in most primary care
settings has been settled for by the more rapid, less labour‐intensive dipstick. This study …

Background: Urine culture is the gold standard in the diagnosis of urinary tract infection
(UTI), but usually takes at least 48 hours and is expensive. Urine dipstick test and …

Background: Urine dipstick is a useful and commonly used test in the Emergency
Department because of its rapidity and low cost; however its diagnostic accuracy is …

Aims Results of urinalysis are available earlier than urine culture results. If urinalysis can
predict results of culture, early decision can be made on treatment and whether urine …

Objective To investigate whether the urine dipstick screening test can be used to predict
urine culture results. Methods A retrospective study conducted between January and …

Validity of Quantitative Unspun Urine Microscopy, Dipstick Test Leucocyte Esterase and Nitrite
Tests in Rapidly Diagnosing Urina Page 1 © JAPI • August 2010 • VOL. 58 485 1Department of …

Aim: Although the urine culture is used as the reference standard to determine presence or
absence of urinary tract infection, the culture is an expensive and time-consuming method …