Research Article

Patient and Provider Demographics and the Management of Genitourinary Tract Infections in the Emergency Department

Table 2

Urine culture results among women diagnosed with a UTI in the ED.

White (N = 3,611)Asian/other race (N = 142)Black/African American (N = 4,534)Total (N = 8,287) value

Colony forming units (CFU)/mL of bacteria in urine culture (binary)<0.001 [1]
(i) <10,0001,857 (51.4%)70 (49.3%)1,967 (43.4%)3,894 (47.0%)
(ii) ≥10,0001,355 (37.5%)53 (37.3%)1,552 (34.2%)2,960 (35.7%)
(iii) No urine culture399 (11.0%)19 (13.4%)1,015 (22.4%)1,433 (17.3%)