n (%) | Control group | PCT/Pyuria group | Odds ratio | 95% CI | P value a |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients (intention-to-treat) | (n = 64) | (n = 61) |  |  |  |
Missing urinalysis | 10/64 (16%) | 8/61 (13%) | 0.82 | 0.30–2.22 | 0.69 |
Missing urine cultures | 8/64 (13%) | 8/61 (13%) | 1.06 | 0.37–3.02 | 0.92 |
Sterile urine cultures | 19/56 (34%) | 20/53 (38%) | 1.18 | 0.54–2.58 | 0.68 |
Contaminated urine cultures b | 25/56 (45%) | 16/53 (30%) | 0.54 | 0.24–1.18 | 0.12 |
Urine cultures with pathogen c | 12/56 (21%) | 17/53 (32%) | 1.73 | 0.73–4.09 | 0.21 |
 Colonizations | 6/53 (11%) | 8/51 (16%) | 1.46 | 0.47–4.54 | 0.52 |
 Infectionsd | 6/53 (11%) | 8/51 (16%) | 1.46 | 0.47–4.54 | 0.52 |
Persistence of initial pathogen c | 3/56 (5%) | 4/51 (8%) | 1.50 | 0.32–7.07 | 0.61 |
 Persistent colonization | 0 | 1/51 (2%) |  |  |  |
 Persistent infectiond | 3/53 (6%) | 3/51 (6%) | 1.04 | 0.20–5.42 | 0.96 |
New organism c | 9/56 (16%) | 11/51 (22%) | 1.44 | 0.54–3.81 | 0.47 |
 Colonizations | 6/53 (11%) | 7/49 (14%) | 1.31 | 0.41–4.19 | 0.65 |
 Infectionsd | 3/53 (6%) | 3/49 (6%) | 1.09 | 0.21–5.66 | 0.92 |
n (%) | Control Group | PCT/ Pyuria Group | Â | Â | Â |
Total no. of isolates | 13 | 18 | Â | Â | Â |
Gram-negative uropathogen | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Escherichia coli | 3/13 (23%) | 3/18 (17%) |  |  |  |
  Klebsiella pneumoniae | 1/13 (8%) | 1/18 (6%) |  |  |  |
Gram-positive uropathogen | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  Enterococcus faecalis | 6/13 (46%) | 11/18 (61%) |  |  |  |
  Enterococcus faecium | 1/13 (8%) | 1/18 (6%) |  |  |  |
  Staphylococcus saprophyticus | 1/13 (8%) | 0 |  |  |  |
Non uropathogen | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Lactobacillus speciesb | 1/13 (8%) | 1/18 (6%) |  |  |  |
  Candida albicans | 0 | 1/18 (6%) |  |  |  |