| Characteristics | Pyuria | P | Culture Positive* | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Patients | 62/210 (29.5) | 13/44 (29.5) | ||
| Age group | .87 | .09 | ||
| Children | 19/66 (28.8) | 2/18 (11.1) | ||
| Adults | 43/144 (29.9) | 11/26 (42.3) | ||
| Sex | <.001 | .69 | ||
| Female | 50/116 (43.1) | 10/36 (27.8) | ||
| Male | 12/94 (12.8) | 3/8 (37.5) | ||
| Weight (lb) | .61 | .26 | ||
| <100 | 13/45 (28.9) | 1/13 (7.7) | ||
| 100–200 | 37/111 (33.3) | 8/23 (34.8) | ||
| >200 | 9/36 (25) | 3/6 (50) | ||
| Primary diagnosis | ||||
| Pneumonia | 4/45 (8.9) | <.001 | 0/3 (0) | .54 |
| Septicemia | 28/88 (31.8) | .54 | 3/17 (17.6) | .20 |
| Intra-abdominal infect. | 12/41 (29.3) | 1.00 | 1/10 (10) | .24 |
| Enteritis | 3/10 (33) | 1.00 | 2/2 (100) | .08 |
| Female genital infection | 15/26 (57.7) | .001 | 7/12 (58.3) | .02 |
| Signs and symptoms | ||||
| Fever | 26/93 (28) | .76 | 5/23 (21.7) | .33 |
| Abdominal pain | 43/126 (34.1) | .09 | 9/30 (30) | 1.00 |
| Flank pain | 1/6 (16.7) | .67 | 0/1 (0) | 1.00 |
| Abdominal tenderness | 29/86 (33.7) | .28 | 3/21 (14.3) | .05 |
| CVA tenderness | 1/3 (33) | 1.00 | 0/1 (0) | 1.00 |
| Laboratory tests | ||||
| Urine nitrite | 14/19 (73.7) | <.001 | 7/11 (63.6) | .008 |
| Urine bacteria (≥mod.) | 30/44 (68.2) | <.001 | 11/23 (47.8) | .008 |
| eGFR by CG <60 | 16/48 (33.3) | .56 | 3/13 (23.1) | .23 |
↵* Values are n/numbers of patients with pyuria who had a urine culture performed (%).
All P values were obtained using Fisher's exact test.
CG, Cockroff-Gault; CVA, costovertebral angle; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.