Asymptomatic Bacteriuria

Sabtu, 06 Februari 2021

Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common. Asymptomatic females two consecutive voided urine cultures with 108 cfu l of same organism pyuria.

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Asymptomatic bacteriuria. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is bacteriuria without accompanying symptoms of a urinary tract infection. It is not clear why the bacteria don t cause symptoms. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is seldom associated with adverse outcomes.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria asb is a colonization state and does not indicate an infection that requires treatment. It is more common in women in the elderly in residents of long term care facilities and in people with diabetes bladder. Asymptomatic bacteriuria defined as the presence of bacteria in the urine in the absence of urinary symptoms is a common clinical finding that often warrants a decision about whether to initiate antimicrobial therapy.

Asymptomatic bacteriuria defined as the presence of bacteria in the urine in the absence of urinary symptoms is a common clinical finding that often warrants a decision about whether to initiate. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is the presence of bacteria in the urine despite the patients being withour any symptoms 1. In asymptomatic bacteriuria large numbers of bacteria are present in the urine.

Pyuria is very common in patients with asymptomatic bacteriuria and is also not an indication for antibiotic treatment. It is a common finding in the elderly population and is not associated with increased morbidity and mortality 2. Asymptomatic bacteriuria is common with varying prevalence by age sex sexual activity and the presence of genitourinary abnormalities table 1 3 8.

It may be that asymptomatic bacteriuria is caused by weaker less virulent bacteria. Asymptomatic bacteriuria asb is the presence of 1 or more species of bacteria growing in the urine at specified quantitative counts 10 5 colony forming units cfu ml or 10 8 cfu l irrespective of the presence of pyuria in the absence of signs or symptoms attributable to urinary tract infection uti. However the person has no symptoms of a urinary tract infection asymptomatic means without symptoms.

Populations with structural or functional abnormalities of the genitourinary tract may have an exceedingly high prevalence of bacteriuria but even healthy individuals frequently have positive urine cultures.

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