COMPARISON OF STANDARD URINE ANALYSIS WITH URINE DIP STICK TO DETECT URINARY TRACT INFECTION IN CHILDREN

Autor:	Suresh P, Antony Jenifer J, L. Umadevi, Rathinasamy M
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Urinalysis medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Urinary system Bacteriuria Gold standard (test) Urine urologic and male genital diseases medicine.disease Urine dip stick Pyuria Surgery Internal medicine Epidemiology medicine medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 3:9513-9517
ISSN:	2278-4802 2278-4748
DOI:	10.14260/jemds/2014/3229
Popis:	AIM: To Provide a prospective comparison of the rapid screening tests abilities (Standard urinalysis, Urine dipstick test) to detect UTI in children with suspected UTI, admitted to a tertiary care hospital. MATERIALS & METHODS: All children ≤12 yrs. of age, admitted with suspected urinary tract infection were included in the study. It is a Prospective, comparative study with a sample size of 500 cases. RESULTS: The epidemiological indices - sensitivity, specificity and predictive values of the rapid screening tests (The standard urine analysis, enhanced urine analysis, urine dipstick test) were calculated individually for bacteriuria, pyuria, both and compared with a positive urine culture as the validating standard. CONCLUSIONS: All the rapid screening tests had low sensitivity (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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