Urine bacterial culture growth and association with urine sedimentation and clinical findings in cats with acute kidney injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A urine culture is often pursued in cats with acute kidney injury (AKI) to screen for bacterial growth in the urine, but it can be cost prohibitive. The aim of the study was to determine the ability of a urinalysis and lower urinary tract signs (LUTS) to predict urine culture results in cats with AKI.

Methods

Ninety-seven cats with AKI were included in this study. This was a retrospective, observational study. Medical records from 2008 to 2018 were reviewed to identify cats with AKI that had a paired urinalysis and urine bacterial culture. The sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive values of microscopic bacteriuria, pyuria, hematuria and the presence of LUTS for predicting urine culture results was calculated.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Siu K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812317 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature