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

Table 5 Validity scores reported in previous studies

Authors	Castellote et al	Kim et al	Butani et al	Sapey et al	Thévenot et al
Dipsticks	Aution sticks	UriSCAN/Mutistix10SG	Multistix®10SG	Nephur test/ Multistix10SG	Multistix 8SG/Combur2test LN (combined result)
Inclusion scale	≥ 3 (PMN ≥ 250/mm3)	≥ 3 (PMN ≥ 500/mm3) /≥ 3 (PMN ≥ 75/mm3)	≥ 2 (PMN ≥ 70/mL mm3)	N/A	≥ 3 (PMN ≥ 125/mm3) /≥ 2 (PMN ≥ 75/mm3)
Sensitivity (%)	89	67/50	89	88/65	89
Specificity( %)	99	100/100	99	100/100	100
PPV (%)	98	100/100	89	94/92	100
NPV (%)	97	89/87	99	99/97	99