Research Article

The Effectiveness of Dipstick for the Detection of Urinary Tract Infection

Table 3

Concordance between nitrite results and quantitative urine culture results.

NITCulture
PositiveNegativeAgreementKappa95% CI value

Positive18 (4.2%)6 (1.4%)87.65%0.3510.22–0.48
Negative47 (10.9%)358 (83.4%)

NIT = nitrite.