@article{Pinto_Silva_2001, place={Lisbon, Portugal}, title={Predictive value of reactive strips in urinary infection.}, volume={14}, url={https://www.actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/1901}, DOI={10.20344/amp.1901}, abstractNote={The microbiologic method to confirm or not the diagnosis of urinary tract infection is usually the culture and Gram-stain of the clean-catch midstream urine. Nevertheless, this is a costly and time-consuming method. We tried to evaluate the positive and negative predictive value of the nitrite and leucocyte-esterase reactive strips as an alternative method. When both the two parameters are negative it is fairly safe to exclude the urinary tract infection.}, number={5-6}, journal={Acta Médica Portuguesa}, author={Pinto, M F and Silva, C}, year={2001}, month={Dec.}, pages={457–458} }