[Predictive value of reactive strips in urinary infection].
The microbiologic method to confirm or not the diagnosis of urinary tract infection is usually the culture and Gram-stain of the clean-catch midstream urine. Nevertheless, this is a costly and time-consuming method. We tried to evaluate the positive and negative predictive value of the nitrite and leucocyte-esterase reactive strips as an alternative method. When both the two parameters are negative it is fairly safe to exclude the urinary tract infection.
Pinto
M F
MF
Laboratório de Patologia Clínica, Departamento de Microbiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada.
Silva
C M
CM
D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011934:Reagent Strips; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*
D011934:Reagent Strips