Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Table 4 Level of agreement between urine dipstick test result and urine microbiology result

From: Overprescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria in older adults: a case series review of admissions in two UK hospitals

UTI diagnosis	Urine microbiology
Dipstick	UTI^a Positive	UTI^a Negative	Total
UTI Positive	2	19	21
UTI Negative	7	133	140
Total	9	152	161

^aUTI positive as noted in patient record, not assigned by investigators

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