The Role of Urinary Nitrite in Predicting Bacterial Resistance in Urine Culture Analysis Among Patients With Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection

The Role of Urinary Nitrite in Predicting Bacterial Resistance in Urine Culture Analysis Among Patients With Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection

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Published: June 17, 2022 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.26032 Cite this article as: Papava V, Didbaridze T, Zaalishvili Z, et al. (June 17, 2022) The Role of Urinary Nitrite in Predicting Bacterial Resistance in Urine Culture Analysis Among Patients With Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection. Cureus 14(6): e26032. doi:10.7759/cureus.26032 Article reads consist of online article views and PDF downloads.


Conclusion: The findings revealed that out of 10 antibiotics, nitrite-positive groups demonstrated higher resistance only against ceftriaxone, cefuroxime, cefotaxime, and doxycycline. Other antibiotics showed no statistically significant differences in resistance. Furthermore, the highest relative resistance rate was recorded against cefuroxime, whereas amikacin revealed the lowest. Therefore, we suggest physicians to not adjust antibiotic therapy for urinary tract infections (UTIs) based on the presence of nitrite. Urine bacteriology should be ordered.