Glucosuria as an early marker of late-onset sepsis in preterms: a prospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Table 3 Diagnostic value of glucosuria 0–24 h before clinical suspicion of LONS in preterm infants

123 episodes of suspected LONS		Confirmed clinical and culture proven LONS
123 episodes of suspected LONS		n = 58 (47.2 %)
	prevalence	sensitivity	specificity	ppv	npv	LR⁺	LR⁻
Presence of glucosuria	56.7 %	69.0 %	53.8 %	57.1 %	66.0 %	1.49	0.58
Increase in glucosuria	22.8 %	29.3 %	83.1 %	60.7 %	56.8 %	1.73	0.85

LONS Late-onset neonatal sepsis, ppv positive predictive value, npv negative predictive value, LR Likelihoodratio

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