The presence of nitrites and/or leukocyte esterase in urine has good overall sensitivity (46–100%) and specificity (42–98%) for culture-proven urinary tract infection. Empiric treatment in ...

Selection of an appropriate antibiotic requires urine culture and sensitivity. Cystocentesis is used to collect urine samples. The bacterial cystitis usually results from an ascending urethritis ...

A study published in ACS Nano presents a novel biosensor for the isothermal, highly sensitive detection of bladder cancer ...

Urine Culture : In the past ... A positive leukocyte esterase test has a reported sensitivity of 75 to 90 percent in detecting pyuria associated with a UTI. Gram staining of unspun urine can ...