The aim of the study was to compare the diagnostic performance of urine microscopy, leucocyte esterase and nitrite dipstick tests as screening tests for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy with the gold standard urine culture. 1000 Antenatal women attending OPD at Govt. Kilpauk medical college were screened for asymptomatic bacteriuria and the bacteria isolated by culture .A count of > 105 colony-forming units of a single organism per millilitre of urine was taken as significant. | Evaluation of screening tests to detect asymptomatic bacteriuria in antenatal women
