Table 3 Results of the microbiological urine analysis.

From: Urinary calprotectin as a diagnostic tool for detecting significant bacteriuria

Variables

Total patients 162, (100%)

Patient with UTIs 71, (43.82%)

Patients without UTIs 91, (56.18%)

p-value*

Bacterial detection n, (%)

103 (63.58%)

71 (100%)

32 (35.16%)

 < 0.001

No bacterial detection

59 (36.42%)

0

59 (64.84%)

CFU/ml 106 n, (%)

8 (4.94%)

7 (9.86%)

1 (1.1%)

0.011

CFU/ml 105 n, (%)

82 (50.62%)

64 (90.14%)

18 (19.78%)

 < 0.001

CFU/ml 104 n, (%)

11 (6.79%)

0

11 (12.09%)

0.002

CFU/ml 103 n, (%)

11 (6.79%)

0

11 (12.09%)

0.002

Positive antimicrobial substances n, (%)

23 (22.33%)

12 (16.90%)

11 (12.09%)

0.385

Contamination (> 2 Bacteria) n, (%)

32 (19.75%)

0

32 (35.16%)

 < 0.001

  1. UTIs urinary tract infections, CFU colony forming units, IQR interquartile range.
  2. *p-value between patients with and without UTIs from Mann–Whitney-U-Tests.