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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3051-3052, Vol. 37, No. 9
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Evaluation of the Leukocyte Esterase and Nitrite Urine Dipstick Screening Tests for Detection of Bacteriuria in Women with Suspected Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections

Heather Semeniuk1 and Deirdre Church1,2,*

Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Medicine, University of Calgary,2 and Calgary Laboratory Services (CLS),1 Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Received 1 February 1999/Returned for modification 20 March 1999/Accepted 9 June 1999

A positive dipstick urinalysis (i.e., leukocyte esterase test and/or nitrite test) did not reliably detect significant bacteriuria in 479 ambulatory women with suspected uncomplicated urinary tract infection; 18.9% of the urine samples that demonstrated significant bacteriuria would have been rejected by the laboratory based on a negative urinalysis screen.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Calgary Laboratory Services (CLS), 1638 10th Ave., S.W., Calgary, Alberta T3C 0J5 Canada. Phone: (403) 209-5281. Fax: (403) 209-5347. E-mail: dchurch{at}cml.ab.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, September 1999, p. 3051-3052, Vol. 37, No. 9
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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