Sterile pyuria: a practical management guide

Sterile pyuria: a practical management guide.

e225 British Journal of General Practice, March 2016 INTRODUCTION Sterile pyuria (SP) is not an uncommon finding in clinical practice. Nine per cent of patients presenting to their GP with lower urinary symptoms, and who are suspected of having urinary tract infections (UTIs), are found to have SP.1 It continues to pose a diagnostic conundrum to physicians, as well as to allied healthcare profe...

Staghorn calculus presenting as sterile pyuria.

Urinary tract calculi are relatively common and usually symptomatic. We describe a patient who had several very unusual features with regard to his urinary tract calculus disease.

Actinotignum schaalii Infection: A Clandestine Cause of Sterile Pyuria?

Actinotignum schaalii is an underappreciated cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs) in older adults. The diagnosis may be missed due to difficulty isolating and identifying the organism. Complications can result because the organism is intrinsically resistant to 2 commonly used drugs to treat UTI, as illustrated by this case.

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