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Characteristic Number of Patients (%) Gender Male 5 (14.3) Female 30 (85.7) Age 0–2 mo 2 (5.7) 3 mo–2 y 8 (22.9) 3–7 y 14 (40) 8–17 y 11 (31.4) - Table 2.
Comparison of Urine Culture (Reference Test) and Screening Tests for Diagnosis of UTI (n = 121)
Urine Culture Uriscreen Dipstick Microscopy Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive Negative Positive 35 (100%) 0 (0%) 34 (97.1%) 1 (2.9%) 31 (88.6%) 4 (11.4%) Negative 27 (31.4%) 59 (68.6%) 15 (17.4%) 71 (82.6%) 10 (11.6%) 76 (88.4%) - Table 3.
Comparison of Sensitivity, Specificity, PPV, and NPV, and Accuracy of Uriscreen, Dipstick, and Urine Microscopy Analyses in the Early Diagnosis of UTI
Test Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) Accuracy (%) Uriscreen 100 68.6 56.4 100 77.7 Dipstick 97.1 82.5 69.4 98.6 86.8 Microscopy 88.6 88.4 75.6 95 88.4 - Table 4.
Sensitivities, Specificities, PPV, and NPV of Uriscreen for the Early Detection of UTI in Various Studies
Study Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) PPV (%) NPV (%) Congdon and Federko11 91.5 43.2 32.8 94.4 Carroll et al8 92 89 83 95 Berger et al12 83 71 70 71 Pezzlo et al7 89 71 47 96 Mayo Clinic in Pezzlo et al7 100 67 35 100 Dalton et al13 87 78 Palmer et al9 65.2 85.7 57.7 89.2 Present study 100 68.6 56.4 100
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