A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection

<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Urinary tract infections are the diseases of the urogenital system caused by various microorganisms. Currently, the most used descriptive tests are urine strips, microscopic analysis...

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Main Authors: Cemal Polat, Osman Evliyaoğlu, Revşa Evin Canpolat Erkan, Ahmet Baştürk, Tugrul Çakir, Arif Aslaner, Şükran Can, Nuriye Mete
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Published: American Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research 2015-07-01
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spelling doaj-5832b7f854164245a8c8c821b7edf0992020-11-25T01:31:52ZengAmerican Journal of Experimental and Clinical ResearchAmerican Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research2330-92372330-92452015-07-012311812043A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infectionCemal PolatOsman EvliyaoğluRevşa Evin Canpolat ErkanAhmet BaştürkTugrul ÇakirArif AslanerŞükran CanNuriye Mete<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Urinary tract infections are the diseases of the urogenital system caused by various microorganisms. Currently, the most used descriptive tests are urine strips, microscopic analysis of urine and spot bacteruria tests. The aim of this study was to present the consistency of culture results with leukocyte count determined cytometrically in the urine of patients considered to have a urinary tract infection and thereby facilitate treatment approaches. A retrospective examination was performed with the urine samples of patients sent to central laboratory of the Dicle University Hospital in January2012- December 2013. Both microscopic urine analysis and urine culture were performed for each patient on the same day. The study comprised a total of 839 patients; 222 males and 617 females. Urine culture results and urine microscopy findings of patients with positive urine strip tests were compared. With the comparison of urine culture results, positive urine microscopy findings were found to have 92%sensitivity, 26% specificity, 52% positive predictive value (PPV)and 78% negative predictive value (NPV) (p&lt;0.001).Compared to the culture results, the urine microscopy findings of patients with positive urine strip tests were found to have high sensitivity and low specificity (p&lt;0.001). As a result empirical antimicrobial therapy can be considered for patients with positive urine microscopy findings without waiting for culture results, and patients with negative results are recommended to have urine culture results.</span></span></p>http://journals.sfu.ca/ajecr/index.php/ajecr/article/view/46Urinary tract infection, leukocyte number, sensitivity, specificity, microscopy
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author Cemal Polat
Osman Evliyaoğlu
Revşa Evin Canpolat Erkan
Ahmet Baştürk
Tugrul Çakir
Arif Aslaner
Şükran Can
Nuriye Mete
spellingShingle Cemal Polat
Osman Evliyaoğlu
Revşa Evin Canpolat Erkan
Ahmet Baştürk
Tugrul Çakir
Arif Aslaner
Şükran Can
Nuriye Mete
A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection
American Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
Urinary tract infection, leukocyte number, sensitivity, specificity, microscopy
author_facet Cemal Polat
Osman Evliyaoğlu
Revşa Evin Canpolat Erkan
Ahmet Baştürk
Tugrul Çakir
Arif Aslaner
Şükran Can
Nuriye Mete
author_sort Cemal Polat
title A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection
title_short A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection
title_full A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection
title_fullStr A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection
title_full_unstemmed A comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection
title_sort comparison of urine microscopy and urine culture results of patients considered to have urinary tract infection
publisher American Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
series American Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research
issn 2330-9237
2330-9245
publishDate 2015-07-01
description <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Urinary tract infections are the diseases of the urogenital system caused by various microorganisms. Currently, the most used descriptive tests are urine strips, microscopic analysis of urine and spot bacteruria tests. The aim of this study was to present the consistency of culture results with leukocyte count determined cytometrically in the urine of patients considered to have a urinary tract infection and thereby facilitate treatment approaches. A retrospective examination was performed with the urine samples of patients sent to central laboratory of the Dicle University Hospital in January2012- December 2013. Both microscopic urine analysis and urine culture were performed for each patient on the same day. The study comprised a total of 839 patients; 222 males and 617 females. Urine culture results and urine microscopy findings of patients with positive urine strip tests were compared. With the comparison of urine culture results, positive urine microscopy findings were found to have 92%sensitivity, 26% specificity, 52% positive predictive value (PPV)and 78% negative predictive value (NPV) (p&lt;0.001).Compared to the culture results, the urine microscopy findings of patients with positive urine strip tests were found to have high sensitivity and low specificity (p&lt;0.001). As a result empirical antimicrobial therapy can be considered for patients with positive urine microscopy findings without waiting for culture results, and patients with negative results are recommended to have urine culture results.</span></span></p>
topic Urinary tract infection, leukocyte number, sensitivity, specificity, microscopy
url http://journals.sfu.ca/ajecr/index.php/ajecr/article/view/46
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