title: [Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We wanted to determine the usefulness of chemical dipstick tests and office culture in diagnosing asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women in general practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dipstick and office urine culture were compared with standard culture results from a microbiology laboratory. The comparison was based on 294 urine samples obtained from pregnant women in a standard general practice setting.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Asymptomatic bacteriuria was found in 16 out of 294 urine samples. The sensitivity of dipstick tests was less than 30%. The positive predictive value was 100% for the nitrite test and 40% for office culture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Standard urine culture is the only way to diagnose asymptomatic bacteriuria.
authors.affiliation: Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Tromsø. nils.kolstrup@ism.uit.no
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kolstrup
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vold
authors.forename: Hasse
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Melbye
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology / Q000652:urine*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016482:Urinalysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*