Fig. (2) Bladder incubation time, nitrite test and urine sediment vs. urine culture in diagnosing women with symptoms suggestive of lower
UTI resulting in prescription of antibiotics or prescription rejected.
a Overall, irrespective of bladder incubation time (BIT); b Incorrect prescription in three patients at BIT 3h (1%), eight at BIT 4h (1%) and
11 overall (1%); c Urine sediment, see Methods; d Incorrect prescription in 59 patients at BIT 3h (13%), 66 at BIT 4h (11%) and 125 in
total (12%); e Prescription incorrectly rejected in 38 patients at BIT 3h (8%), 25 patients at BIT 4h (4%) and 63 patients overall (6%).