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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2017 Oct 26;99(2):219–225. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2017.10.005

Table 4.

Urine culture results grouped by bladder management strategy used

Variable Spontaneous
Void (n=85)		 Intermittent
Catheter (n=140)		 Indwelling
Catheter (n = 57)		 Other (n =45) P
Cultures obtained 58/85 (68.2) 103/140 (73.6) 52/57 (91.2) 36/45 (80.0) .01*
Positive cultures 21/58 (36.2) 70/103 (68.0) 51/52 (98.1) 29/36 (80.6) <.01*
UPO on culture 9/21 (42.9) 26/70 (37.1) 28/51 (54.9) 13/29 (44.8) .28

NOTE. Values are n/total n (%).

Abbreviation: UPO, urease-producing organism (such as Proteus species).

*

The P value refers to a χ2 comparison of the 4 categories of SCI classification, such that a significant P value means that at least 1 category differed significantly from the others.