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Table 4 Factors associated with growth in urine culture in patients with urinary symptoms

From: Beyond urinalysis: evaluation of various clinical and laboratory reflex criteria to warrant urine culture collection in the emergency department

Factor

OR

95% CI

P value

aOR

95% CI

P value

Urine white blood cell count > 5 cells/hpf

6.88

2.08–22.79

< 0.001

6.72

1.93–23.41

0.003

Positive urinary nitrite

10.29

1.28–82.43

0.008

9.92

1.16–85.08

0.036

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International Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1865-1380

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