2005, Number 1
Urianalysis like screening before of urocultive
Aguilar Ag, Díaz By
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ABSTRACT
With the intention of demonstrating that the urianalysis serves like an examination of screening of fast answer before deciding the request of a urocultive, 100 patients of the Hospital General de Zapopan with request for urianalysis and urocultive like method of diagnosis of infection of urinary routes were studied, making a comparative study between both through the determination of nitritos with reagent strip and quantification of leukocytes and bacterias in urinary sediment, as well as urocultive quantitative and qualitative by traditional methods. We had obtained a result of 18 positive urocultives (18%) and 82 negatives (82%). This study threw sensitivity to nitrituria of 72.2%, to leukocyturia of 55.5% and to bacteriuria of 100%. A specificity to nitrituria of 94.2%, to leukocyturia of 91.4% and to bacteriuria of 100%. A positive predictive value to nitrituria of 100%, to leukocyturia of 36.1% and to bacteriuria of 100%. A negative predictive value to nitrituria of 98.7%, to leukocyturia of 95.6% and to bacteriuria of 100%. With this study we had demonstrated the utility that represents soliciting a urianalysis before make the decision to ask for a urocultive, which, most of the occasions will be negative, meaning an economic loss and of time for the patient and a waste of time for the physician.REFERENCES