Efficacy of leukocyte esterase dipstick test as a rapid test in diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Table 3 Results of dipstick tests and PMN cell counts in positive culture specimens

Patient	PMN cells/mL	Calorimetric scale	Culture result
1	14	0	A.Baumanii
2	20	0	S.agalactae
3	21	0	P.aeruginosa
4	100	0	K.pneumonia
5	254	0	E. coli
6	271	0	S.bovis
7	257	0	K.pneumoniae
8	672	1	E. coli
9	3640	1	P.aeruginosa
10	13 312	1	E. coli
11	2129	2	Streptococcus gr.D
12	3494	2	Streptococcus gr.D
13	12 840	2	P.aeruginosa
14	25 805	2	E. coli
15	41 990	2	E. coli
16	3398	3	E. coli