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Role of Dipstick Testing in the Evaluation of Urinary Tract Infection in Nursing Home Residents

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Manisha Juthani-Mehta ,
Mary Tinetti ,
Eleanor Perrelli ,
Virginia Towle  and
Vincent Quagliarello
Manisha Juthani-Mehta*
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Mary Tinetti
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Eleanor Perrelli
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Virginia Towle
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Vincent Quagliarello
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
*
Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Disease, LMP 5040A, P.O. Box 208022, New Haven, CT 06520 ([email protected])
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Abstract

Among 101 nursing home residents with suspected urinary tract infection (UTI), we determined the negative predictive value of dipstick testing for leukocyte esterase and nitrite to be 100% (95% confidence interval, 74%-100%), compared with laboratory evidence of UTI (greater than 10 white blood cells/mm3 on urinalysis and greater than 100,000 colony forming units/mL on urine culture). Nursing home dipstick testing effectively excluded the possibility of UTI.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 7 , July 2007 , pp. 889 - 891
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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