Research Article
The Effectiveness of Dipstick for the Detection of Urinary Tract Infection
Table 1
Causative bacteria isolate with nitrite and leucocyte esterase of quantitative urine culture results.
| | Organism | Nitrite-negative n (%) | Nitrite-positive n (%) | Leucocyte esterase-negative n(%) | Leucocyte esterase-positive n(%) | Total n(%) |
| | Escherichia coli | 26 (55.3) | 15 (83.3) | 15 (57.7) | 26 (66.7) | 41 (63.1) | | Citrobacter spp | 14 (29.8) | 3 (16.7) | 10 (38.5) | 7 (17.9) | 17 (26.2) | | Enterobacter spp | 4 (8.5) | 0 (0) | 1 (3.8) | 3 (7.7) | 4 (6.2) | | Serratia spp | 2 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2(5.1) | 2 (3.1) | | Pseudomonas spp | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (1.5) | | Total | 47 (100) | 18 (100) | 26 (100) | 39 (100) | 65 (100) |
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n = total number of isolates.
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