OBJECTIVES To estimate clinical and dipstick predictors of infection and develop and test clinical scores; to compare management using clinical and dipstick scores with commonly used alternative strategies; to estimate the cost-effectiveness of each strategy; and to understand the natural history of urinary tract infection (UTI) and women's concerns about its presentation and management. DESI...

Bacteriuria is the leading indicator of Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), which detected through urine culture examination. Significant bacteriuria indicates growth microorganisms as much ≥ 100,000 cfu/ml in culture. There are drawbacks to this examination that requires a screening test with short time and lower cost. This study aimed determine differences results nitrite leukocyte esterase using ...

A positive dipstick urinalysis (i.e., leukocyte esterase test and/or nitrite test) did not reliably detect significant bacteriuria in 479 ambulatory women with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infection; 18.9% of the urine samples that demonstrated significant bacteriuria would have been rejected by the laboratory based on a negative urinalysis screen.

BACKGROUND Urinary tract infections (UTIs) in childhood are common and may be difficult to diagnose because of non-specific symptoms and technical problems with urine collection. Active management is important because UTIs may cause permanent renal scarring in young children. AIM To determine how general practitioners (GPs) manage children with suspected UTIs. METHOD A postal questionnaire ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether routine urinalysis in the antenatal period facilitates diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. Can routine urinalysis during pregnancy be discontinued in women with normal results of dipstick urinalysis and microscopy at the first antenatal visit? DESIGN Prospective observational study. SETTING A metropolitan public hospital and a private hospital in Sydney (NSW). PART...

background: measuring the 24-hour urine protein ≥300 mg is the standard threshold value for diagnosis of preeclampsia. objective: this study was intended to determine if a patient’s 4-hour urine protein correlate with the 24-hour value for diagnosis of preeclampsia. materials and methods: this was a cross sectional study performed on 84 women with suspected preeclampsia due to positive urinary ...

OBJECTIVE Published literature from resource-limited settings is infrequent, although urinary tract infections (UTI) are a common cause of outpatient presentation and antibiotic use. Point-of-care test (POCT) interpretation relates to antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance. We aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of POCT and their role in UTI antibiotic stewardship. METHODS One-year retr...

glucose 500 mg/L, acetoacetate 80 mgfL, bilirubin8 mg/L, hemoglobin 0.4mg/L, nitrite1 mg/L, and ascorbic acid 100 mgfL. The testsforproteinand ketones were more sensitive than the manufacLurer claims, throughout the range of concentrations studied, but for other analytes the expected results were obtamed. Abnormal urines submitted for unnalysis were collected, randomized, and analyzed with N-Mu...

Urinary tract infection is the most common of all pediatric bacterial infections. This study aims to determine efficacy rapid diagnostic tests vs gram stain as against gold standard test (urine culture) and find out validity each screening for early detection urinary in children. A cross-sectional was conducted on children aged between 3- 15 years suspected infections from August 2020 January 2...