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1: Br J Urol. 1995 Jul;76(1):87-9.Links
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Br J Urol. 1996 Jan;77(1):169.

Reagent strip testing urine for significant bacteriuria in a urodynamic clinic.

Nunns D, Smith AR, Hosker G.

Department of Urological Gynaecology, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of two reagent strips in detecting significant bacteriuria amongst patients attending for urodynamic assessment. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Four hundred patients undergoing urodynamic assessment were recruited for the study. Routine diagnostic catheter specimens of urine were tested for nitrite, leucocytes and protein. RESULTS: The leucocytes and nitrite strips had a high specificity rate of 99.5%. The frequency of significant bacteriuria in our population was 7% (n = 28). CONCLUSION: Culturing samples which test negative for these strips is unnecessary. Reagent strip testing of urine provides a cheap, rapid method of screening for infection.

PMID: 7648067 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]