A comparative analysis of rapid urine tests for the diagnosis of upper urinary tract XXXX .

@entity1 @entity878 @entity5 @entity4681 @entity150 @entity1606
OBJECTIVES: To compare the effectiveness of two rapid urine tests fibrinogen/fibrin degradation products FDP (Aura @entity878 FDP, PerImmune Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA) and @entity150 antigen BTA (Bard BTA, Bard Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) to urinary cytology in establishing the diagnosis of @entity1606 ( @entity1606 ) in @entity1 with suspected upper tract @entity5 . MATERIALS AND METHODS: In a prospective study, urine samples were collected from 29 @entity1 with @entity4681 highly suspicious for @entity5 . Sensitivity and specificity of the BTA and FDP tests were determined and compared to those of cytology. All @entity1 interpreting the individual tests were blinded to the other test results. RESULTS: Of the 29 @entity1 evaluated, 14 were found to have upper tract @entity1606 . The overall sensitivity of FDP, BTA and urinary cytology was found to be 100%, 50% and 29%, respectively. The accuracy of the FDP test was 83% as compared to 62% for BTA and 59% for cytology. CONCLUSION: Urinary cytology lacks sensitivity in the diagnosis of upper tract @entity1606 . This preliminary study suggests that the point-of-care test, FDP, has better test characteristics than urinary cytology. Further evaluation of these tests is warranted for their potential to improve and facilitate the diagnosis of @entity5 .
