Research Article

The Clinical Significance of High Antimicrobial Resistance in Community-Acquired Urinary Tract Infections

Table 3

Urinalysis findings in patients with UTIs according to the causative agent.

Urinalysis findingE. coli (n = 164)ESBL-E. coli (n = 76)Enterococcus (n = 18)Klebsiella (n = 14) value

pH mean ± SD6.04 ± 0.75.8 ± 0.95.7 ± 0.85.2 ± 0.60.415
Positive nitrites n (%)140 (85)33 (43)1 (6)0 (0)0.002
Positive proteins n (%)46 (34)12 (20)5 (29)2 (14)0.154
Positive hemoglobin n (%)26 (16)9 (12)2 (11)3 (21)0.798
LE (μL) median (min-max)75 (0–500)100 (0–500)50 (0–500)50 (25–500)0.745
WBCs (HPF) median (min-max)75 (0–500)38 (1–800)30 (2–466)27 (10–315)0.993
RBCs (HPF) median (min-max)1 (0–917)12 (0–550)2 (0–53)0.5 (0–7)0.558
Positive bacteria n (%)62 (58)30 (28)4 (22)11 (79)0.048