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 ...

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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 ...

TB-LAM in urine, liquid culture, and Xpert Ultra from sputum,” he adds. A more sensitive test in advanced stages of HIV The results showed that the stool test had a sensitivity of 23.7% and a ...

TB-LAM in urine, liquid culture, and Xpert Ultra from sputum," he adds. The results showed that the stool test had a sensitivity of 23.7% and a specificity of 94.0%, compared with the reference ...