Effect of urine-specific gravity on performance of bacteriuria in predicting urine culture results.
M TorreE FurrowJonathan Daniel FosterPublished in: The Journal of small animal practice (2021)
Microscopic bacteriuria has a high specificity in predicting urine culture results, regardless of USG. The finding that microscopic bacteriuria has better agreement with urine culture results in isosthenuric+hyposthenuric urine argues against reflex culture in these samples, especially if pyuria and haematuria are also absent. Urine microscopy can aid clinicians in determining the likelihood of urine culture growth.